Table 2 Peer education activities and malaria preventive behaviours among the peer educators in primary schools targeted by the PLEA-malaria, Jimma, Ethiopia, 2017–2019, (N = 404)
Variables | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Frequency of school-based peer education | ||
Every weeks | 173 | 43.2 |
Every 2 weeks and above | 228 | 66.9 |
Specific topics of the PLEA-malaria | ||
About ITN use and care/handling | 174 | 43.4 |
About prompt care seeking for fever | 104 | 25.9 |
About anti-malarial drugs | 111 | 27.7 |
About environmental sanitation | 150 | 37.4 |
Malaria preventive behaviours | ||
Have at least one ITN in the house hold | ||
Yes | 364 | 90.8 |
No | 37 | 9.2 |
Number of ITN in household | ||
= 1 | 77 | 19.2 |
2–3 | 230 | 57.4 |
4+ | 94 | 23.4 |
ITN utilization | ||
Yes | 224 | 92.3 |
No | 140 | 34.9 |
Experienced fever in the last 2 weeks | ||
Yes | 33 | 8.2 |
No | 368 | 91.8 |
Sought care for the fever (n = 33) | ||
Yes | 32 | 7.7 |
No | 1 | 0.5 |
Prompt care seeking behaviours (n = 33) | ||
After 24 h | 14 | 3.5 |
Before 24 h | 19 | 4.7 |