Table 2.

Knowledge about malaria (n = 300)

Statements	Yes
	Number	%
How can malaria be transmitted?
Through the bite of infected mosquitoes	218	72.7
Eating durian/bananaa	8	2.7
Drinking stagnant watera	287	95.7
Staying in the foresta	87	29.0
What are the symptoms of malaria?
Fever	261	87.0
Chills and rigor	209	69.7
Sneezing and coughinga	17	5.7
Headache	185	61.7
Diarrhoeaa	10	3.3
How can we diagnose malaria?
By a blood test	208	69.3
By visiting a malaria clinic	89	29.7
By assessing symptoms ourselvesa	49	16.3
By consulting village malaria volunteers	55	18.3
Cannot be diagnoseda	3	1.0
How can malaria be treated?
By healthcare providers	49	16.3
By village malaria volunteers	95	31.7
By taking anti-malarial medicines	171	57.0
By taking traditional remediesa	22	7.3
It will automatically recovera	2	0.7
How can malaria be prevented?
The use of bed nets	278	92.7
By using long-lasting insecticide-treated nets	29	9.7
By taking antimalarial medicines as chemoprophylaxis	13	4.3
Avoiding drinking stagnant watera	7	2.3
Not eating fruits such as banana, papaya and duriana	1	0.3
Applying mosquito repellent	48	16.0
Wearing long-sleeved clothes	28	9.3
Burning mosquito coils or rubbisha	22	7.3

^aNegative answer