Variable assessed | Participant responses | N (%) |
---|---|---|
Opinions about the effect of agricultural chemicals on malaria mosquitoes | Kill malaria mosquito | 80 (18.4) |
 | Chase away malaria mosquitoes | 18 (4.1) |
 | Do not have any effect in malaria mosquitoes | 42 (9.7) |
 | Influence the increase of mosquito population density | 10 (2.3) |
 | Influence insecticide resistance in malaria mosquitoes | 1 (0.2) |
 | I don’t know | 283(65.2) |
Awareness of insecticide resistance in malaria vectors | Aware | 109(25.5) |
 | Not aware | 318 (74.5) |
Opinion on what insecticide resistance in malaria vectors means | Increase in mosquito population density | 57 (52.3) |
 | Mosquitoes cannot be killed or repelled by the insecticides | 9 (8.3) |
 | Mosquitoes cause more malaria in the village settings | 15 (13.8) |
 | Mosquitoes are no longer responsive to the insecticidal interventions | 11 (10.1) |
 | I don’t know | 10 (9.2) |
 | Others | 7 (6.4) |
Opinions on methods to prevent/delay insecticide resistance in malaria vectors | Minimize the use of agricultural chemicals | 1 (0.9) |
 | Minimize the use of public health pesticides against mosquitoes | 1 (0.9) |
 | Establish integrated pest and vector management (IPVM) | 2 (1.82) |
 | Alternative use of biological and environmental methods for controlling pests and mosquitoes | 17 (15.6) |
 | Others | 56 (51.4) |
 | I don’t know | 32 (29.4) |