Table 5.
Malaria attitudes and practices among survey participants, by transmission focus, Santo Domingo, 2020
| Variable | n (%) | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Ciénaga (n = 203) | Los Tres Brazos (n = 286) | Total (N = 489) | ||
| Malaria is a problem in your neighborhood* | ||||
| Yes | 98 (48.5) | 122 (43.0) | 220 (45.3) | 0.021 † |
| No | 72 (35.6) | 87 (30.6) | 159 (32.7) | |
| Don’t know | 32 (15.8) | 75 (26.4) | 107 (22.0) | |
| Most fevers are malaria* | ||||
| Yes | 14 (6.9) | 36 (12.7) | 50 (10.3) | 0.058 |
| No | 153 (75.7) | 190 (66.9) | 343 (70.6) | |
| Don’t know | 35 (17.3) | 58 (20.4) | 93 (19.1) | |
| Given COVID, how motivated to participate in antimalaria MDA?* | ||||
| Very motivated | 110 (56.4) | 148 (54.1) | 258 (55.1) | 0.415 |
| Motivated | 58 (29.7) | 76 (27.8) | 134 (28.6) | |
| Neutral | 13 (6.7) | 21 (7.7) | 34 (7.3) | |
| Unmotivated | 9 (4.6) | 12 (4.4) | 21 (4.5) | |
| Very unmotivated | 5 (2.6) | 16 (5.9) | 21 (4.5) | |
| If have symptoms, first action* | ||||
| Go to hospital/clinic | 134 (66.3) | 172 (60.6) | 306 (63.0) | 0.176 |
| Wait to see if I get better | 9 (4.5) | 8 (2.8) | 17 (3.5) | |
| Call CHW | 8 (4.0) | 6 (2.1) | 14 (2.9) | |
| Other | 11 (5.5) | 19 (6.7) | 30 (6.2) | |
| Don’t know | 40 (19.8) | 79 (27.8) | 119 (24.5) | |
| Does any correct action for stagnant water around home‡ | ||||
| Yes | 146 (71.9) | 189 (66.1) | 335 (68.5) | 0.171 |
| No | 57 (28.1) | 97 (33.9) | 154 (31.5) | |
| Has mosquito nets in home* | ||||
| Yes | 122 (60.4) | 117 (41.5) | 239 (49.4) | < 0.001 |
| No | 80 (39.6) | 165 (58.5) | 245 (50.6) | |
| [If has nets in home]: Has enough mosquito nets for all residents in home | ||||
| Yes | 30 (24.6) | 30 (25.6) | 60 (25.1) | 0.851 |
| No | 92 (75.4) | 87 (74.4) | 179 (74.9) | |
| [If has nets in home]: Has mosquito net for self* | ||||
| Yes | 105 (86.8) | 101 (86.3) | 206 (86.6) | 0.919 |
| No | 16 (13.2) | 16 (13.7) | 32 (13.5) | |
| [If has net for self]: Slept under net last night | ||||
| Yes | 87 (82.9) | 77 (76.2) | 164 (79.6) | 0.238 |
| No | 18 (17.1) | 24 (23.8) | 42 (20.4) | |
| Ever seen IRS in barrio* | ||||
| Yes | 85 (42.7) | 177 (63.2) | 262 (54.7) | < 0.001 |
| No | 114 (57.3) | 103 (36.8) | 217 (45.3) | |
| [If saw IRS in barrio]: Allowed IRS at home* | ||||
| Yes | 74 (89.2) | 148 (85.1) | 222 (86.4) | 0.370 |
| No | 9 (10.8) | 26 (14.9) | 35 (13.6) | |
CHW = community health worker; IRS = indoor residual spraying; MDA = mass drug administration.
*
Excludes missing responses and/or those who answered “Don’t know” unless explicitly listed.
†
After excluding “Don’t know” responses, P = 0.887.
‡
Corrective actions for standing water included fill in holes, cover containers, remove tires, put chlorine in standing water.