Table 3 Attitudes towards malaria
Responses | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Strongly disagree n (%) | Disagree n (%) | Agree n (%) | Strongly agree n (%) | |
Anyone can be infected with malaria | 2 (1.0) | 32 (16.0) | 121 (60.5) | 45 (22.5) |
Only children and expectant women have the risk of contracting malaria | 5 (2.5) | 160 (80.0) | 34 (17.0) | 1 (0.5) |
Thinks malaria as a life-threatening disease | 3 (1.5) | 22 (11.0) | 133 (66.5) | 42 (21.0) |
During night time, sleeping under mosquito net can prevent malaria | 3 (1.5) | 29 (14.5) | 138 (69.0) | 30 (15.0) |
Working and sleeping overnight in the garden or forest can increase the threat of getting malaria | 3 (1.5) | 31 (15.5) | 154 (77.0) | 12 (6.0) |
It is dangerous not to take malaria medicine completely | 2 (1.0) | 22 (11.0) | 119 (59.5) | 57 (28.5) |
I feel like I should visit the health centers to get my blood tested if I suspect malaria | 1 (0.5) | 22 (11.0) | 147 (73.5) | 30 (15.0) |
Recovering from malaria without getting any treatment is possible | 38 (19.0) | 134 (67.0) | 23 (11.5) | 5 (2.5) |