Gaps in knowledge and practices of malaria prevention in Francophone African immigrants in Metropolitan Edmonton

Malaria Journal

Table 1 General demographic, health and travels characteristics of the study population

Parameter	Frequency (n)	Percentage^(a) (%)
Gender
Female Male Other	183 198 1	48 52 0
Age (33.8 ± 11.261)^b
18–29 30–44 45–59 Older than 60	171 142 60 9	45 37 16 2
Birth country
Cameroun Ivory Coast Democratic Republic of Congo Other in Sub Saharan Africa^c Other/no answer^d	83 71 50 161 17	22 19 13 42 4
Education
Post-secondary learning High school diploma or less	291 88	76 23
Language^e
French English French and English Other	321 35 17 9	84 9 4 2
Contracted malaria prior to moving to Canada
Yes No I don’t know	248 118 16	65 31 4
Have a family physician
Yes No	295 87	77 23
Have a French speaking family physician^f
Yes No No answer	123 169 3	42 57 1
Number of respondents who have travelled to an endemic region in the last 5 years^g	155	41
Average trip length (Days, mean ± SD) Africa (n=224, 33.8 ± 28.3) Other continents (n=27, 14.4 ± 28.3)
Continents frequented by travellers^h
Africa Asia Latin America	144 9 12	93 6 8
Purpose of travel^h,I
Visiting friends and relatives Other	136 31	88 20

^aPercentage indicates the proportion of respondents who fall into each category out of 382
^bMean ± SD
^cOther countries of birth in Sub-Saharan Africa includes Benin n= 9 (6%), Burkina Faso n=10 (6%), Burundi n=18 (11%), Central African Republic n=3 (2%), Congo n=11 (7%), Gabon n=5 (3%), Ghana n=1 (1%), Guinea n=33 (20%), Mali n=7 (4%), Mauritania n=7 (4%), Niger n=5 (3%), Rwanda 8 (5%), Senegal n=34 (21%), Tchad n=2 (1%), and Togo n=8 (5%)
^d16 participants were second generation immigrants who had at least one parent born in Sub Saharan Africa. Countries of birth of these participants included: Canada (7), France (6), Germany (2), and the United States (1). 1 participant did not respond
^eLanguage in which respondents are most at ease
^fCalculations are only for those (295) who have a family physician
^gEndemic Regions include Sub Saharan Africa, Latin America, and South-West Asia
^hn=155 participants who travelled to an endemic region
ⁱParticipants who indicated having travelled multiple times may have been included in more than one category.

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