Table 2 |
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Pre- and post-intervention levels of knowledge about malaria for all individuals in Piron, Mali.* |
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Education group |
Control group |
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Pre-intervention |
Post-intervention |
Pre-intervention |
Post-intervention |
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Question |
N (%) |
N (%) |
N (%) |
N (%) |
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1. What is the most common disease in your village? |
137 (93) |
147 (100) |
115 (93) |
124 (100) |
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2. If you or your child has the following symptoms: fever, headache, vomiting and chills, what is the disease? |
144 (98) |
147 (100) |
121 (98) |
124 (100) |
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3. Do you know what malaria is? |
145 (99) |
146 (99) |
122 (98) |
124 (100) |
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4. Name at least one symptom of malaria. |
139 (95) |
147 (100) |
112 (90) |
124 (100) |
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5. Who is most susceptible to malaria? |
53 (36) |
130 (88) |
41 (33) |
107 (86) |
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6. How is malaria transmitted? |
111 (76) |
131 (89) |
84 (68) |
118 (95) |
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7. Can you prevent malaria? |
53 (36) |
131 (89) |
46 (37) |
102 (82) |
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8. How can you prevent malaria? |
49 (33) |
131 (89) |
47 (38) |
102 (82) |
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9. Can you treat malaria? |
132 (90) |
147 (100) |
111 (90) |
122 (98) |
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10. How can you treat malaria? |
129 (88) |
147 (100) |
107 (86) |
123 (99) |
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Total knowledge score (Maximum 10 points) † |
7.43 ± 1.85 |
9.55 ± -.96 |
7.31 ± 1.88 |
9.44 ± 1.06 |
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*One point was given for any correct answer, 0 points was given for an incorrect answer, and one point was subtracted for any incorrect answer for questions with multiple answers. This method of scoring responses produced a normal distribution when assessing the change in knowledge for individuals from baseline to post-intervention surveys. Correct answers to the questions are: 1. Malaria, 2. Malaria, 3. Yes, 4. Fever, headache, chills, yellow eyes, vomiting, diarrhoea, 5. Pregnant women, children, 6. Mosquito bite, 7. Yes, 8. Insecticide-treated net (ITN), untreated net, modern medicine, traditional medicine, 9. Yes, 10. Modern medicine, traditional medicine. All pre- and post-intervention differences were significant (P < 0.001) except for questions two and three. †Plus-minus values are means ± standard deviations (SD). |
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Rhee et al. Malaria Journal 2005 4:35 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-4-35 |
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