Table 1.
Farmers and government staff involved with farmer questionnaires and farmer training workshops in Western Kenya 2006–208*
| Questionnaires | Workshop | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location | Date of interview | No. interviewed | % of farmers interviewed who were women | Interviewees who attended workshop† | No. of farmers interviewed | Date | Attendance | |||
| % of male farmers who were interviewed who also attended the workshop | % of female farmers who were interviewed who also attended the workshop | Same person in all 3 visits | Same person in last 2 visits | Gov't staff‡ | Farmers | |||||
| Busia | Jun 06 | 157 | 66% | 43% | 48% | 57 | 75 | Butula (Jul 06) Funyula (Jul 06) | 12 11 | 109 133 |
| Nov 06 | 156 | 70% | ||||||||
| Feb 06 | 132 | 70% | ||||||||
| Kakamega | Jul 07 | 125 | 68% | 48% | 34% | 42 | 56 | Shinyalu (Jul 07) Ikolomani (Jul 07) | 22 | 45 91 |
| Dec 07 + May 08 | 120 | 73% | ||||||||
| Jun + Oct 08 | 104 | 69% | ||||||||
*
Questionnaires and workshops focused on farmers' knowledge concerning occurrence and transmission of taeniasis and neurocysticercosis caused by Taenia solium. The researchers, speaking English and Kiswahili, used a 1-day workshop to train local government staff to teach the farmers' workshops.
†
Percentages of men and women who were interviewed and who also attended the workshop.
‡
Government staff included animal health providers, community health workers, agriculture staff, public health officers, social workers, adult education specialists, teachers, veterinarians, and livestock production officers.