Skip to main content

Table 4 Knowledge assessment and their information channel

From: Evaluation of the behaviour change communication and community mobilization activities in Myanmar artemisinin resistance containment zones

Category

Description

Number

Percent (n = 734)

General knowledge on “malaria”

Know the disease, “malaria”

734

88.22a

Know the blood test for diagnosis

271

36.92

Know the symptoms of malaria

646

88.01

Cause of malaria

Mosquitoes bite

604

82.29

Drink/bath of dirty water

177

24.11

Related to food (e.g., banana)

48

6.54

Visiting to forest

37

5.04

Sleeping/staying in the forest

26

3.54

Prevention of malaria

Bed net can prevent “malaria”

403

54.90

ITN can prevent “malaria”

295

40.19

Drink of boiled water

65

8.86

Do not know

115

15.67

Knowledge on anti-malarial

Know any antimalarial

272

29.02

Artesunate

129

8.31

Artemether

122

8.04

Quinine

62

6.95

Coartem

36

6.95

Chloroquine

32

6.13

Others

25

3.41

Source of information

Health staff

213

3.13

Poster

61

1.77

Leaflet/Brochures

59

0.95

TV

51

4.50

Radio

51

17.30

Village health volunteer

45

8.58

Friends/neighbors

25

11.17

Billboard

23

71.80

Others

13

37.06

Do not remember

7

17.57

Received information last time

Within 1 month

33

16.62

2–6 months

127

8.45

6–12 months

63

4.90

Not sure

82

4.36

  1. aThis percentage was calculated based on all 832 participants and all others were based on the persons who know the disease, malaria (n = 734)