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. 2023 Mar;23(1):241–254. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v23i1.26

Table 5.

Respondent's distribution of practice of malaria prevention

Variables n Percent (%)
Sleep under ITN the night before the study
yes 293 77.5
no 85 22.5
What do you do to prevent from malaria
Always sleep under ITNs 247 65.2
Clean my environment 255 67.3
Use chemoprophylaxis 51 13.5
Filling 116 30.6
Clearing the bushes and grass around the house 40 10.6
IRS 8 2.1
Avoid sleep in humid area 379 100
Burn wood and dung in my house 22 5.8
Bed net utilization outside the house
Households with family members sleeping outside 218 57.5
Family members sleep outside and use ITN 160 42.2
Reasons of not using bed net
It causes shortness of breath 12 3.2
No availability of mosquito 20 5.3
Old bed net 11 2.9
Allergy 5 1.3
No bed net 27 7.1
Other reason 36 9.5
If you get malaria signs and symptoms, what do you do?
Go to health facility 369 97.4
Go to community health agent (CHA) 21 5.5
Take traditional medicine 14 3.7
Other 6 1.7
In the last malaria season environmental sanitation
Family was involved in the sanitation activities 266 70.2
House being sprayed using IRS 349 92.1
House being painted after sprayed 25 6.6

*Indicates (p <0.05)