From: Malaria prevention in the city of Yaoundé: knowledge and practices of urban dwellers
Variables | Answers | N | Frequency (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Mode of transmission of malaria | Mosquito bites | 1445 | 94.9 |
Dirt | 54 | 3.5 | |
Cold | 4 | 0.3 | |
Do not know | 19 | 1.3 | |
Preventive measures | Using mosquito nets | 1526 | 94.0 |
Using insecticides spray/coil | 523 | 32.2 | |
Using net on windows | 82 | 5.0 | |
Role of mosquito nets | Preventing mosquito bites | 1257 | 84.4 |
Preventing malaria | 705 | 47.3 | |
Preventing mosquito sing | 43 | 2.9 | |
Sleeping well | 62 | 4.2 | |
Reasons for non-use of bed nets | Heat | 110 | 50.0 |
Omission | 15 | 6.8 | |
Suffocation | 13 | 5.9 | |
Not possessing a bed net | 86 | 39.0 | |
Origin of bed nets used | Freely acquired | 1453 | 94.8 |
Bought | 148 | 9.7 | |
Age of bed nets used | < 6 months | 666 | 43.5 |
> 6 months | 455 | 29.9 | |
> 1 year | 118 | 7.7 | |
> 2 years | 288 | 18.9 | |
Mosquito breeding sites | Stagnant water | 770 | 51.5 |
Gutters | 386 | 25.8 | |
Swamp | 155 | 10.4 | |
Dirt | 383 | 25.6 | |
Bushes | 92 | 6.2 | |
Do not know | 84 | 5.6 | |
Management of mosquito breeding sites | Draining | 648 | 49.6 |
Cleaning | 339 | 26.0 | |
Treatment | 34 | 2.6 | |
Do not know | 302 | 23.1 | |
Physical integrity of bed nets (N = 1523) | Damaged | 629 | 41.4 |
Undamaged | 892 | 58.6 |