Table 3.
Responses from the study population (n = 251)
| n | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Service quality | |||
| Active detection | Visit villagers to find malaria patients (Regularly) | 68 | 27.1 |
| Diagnosis and treatment | Use RDTs (Always) | 249 | 99.2 |
| Observe symptoms (Always) | 119 | 47.4 | |
| Ask symptoms from family (Always) | 66 | 26.3 | |
| Take body temperature (Always) | 61 | 24.3 | |
| Prescribe A+M to those who had positive RDT results (Always) | 245 | 97.6 | |
| Prescription of anti-malarials | Explain about dosage (Always) | 249 | 99.2 |
| Explain about the importance of compliance (Always) | 140 | 55.8 | |
| Compliance failure can result in incomplete treatment | 182 | 72.5 | |
| Inappropriate to save tablets to treat other people's malaria | 174 | 69.3 | |
| Inappropriate to save tablets for next infection | 166 | 66.1 | |
| Compliance failure can cause/spread drug resistance | 16 | 6.4 | |
| Follow-up | Make home visits or ask patients' family to check if patients recovered (Always) | 48 | 19.1 |
| Dissemination of preventive measures | Sleep under bed nets (Always) | 198 | 78.9 |
| Bring hammock nets to forest (Always) | 145 | 57.8 | |
| Clear bush around house (Always) | 91 | 36.3 | |
| Fill in water pools (Always) | 70 | 27.9 | |
| Wear long-sleeve shirts/pants (Always) | 58 | 23.1 | |
| Should not come close to malaria patients (Always/Sometimes) | 53 | 21.1 | |
| Should not share utensils with malaria patients (Always/Sometimes) | 42 | 16.7 | |
| Cover water jars/tanks (Always) | 36 | 14.3 | |
| Spray house (Sometimes) | 24 | 9.6 | |
| Use mosquito coils (Always) | 1 | 0.4 | |
| Actions for malaria prevention and vector control | |||
| Malaria preventive measures (Always/Most of the time) | Sleep under bed nets at home | 227 | 90.4 |
| Bring hammock nets to the forest | 138 | 55.0 | |
| Wear long-sleeved shirts/pants | 121 | 48.2 | |
| Come back home before dawn | 117 | 46.6 | |
| Refrain from going to the forest | 116 | 46.2 | |
| Vector control measures (Always/Most of the time) | Burn trash around house | 117 | 46.6 |
| Clear bush around house | 102 | 40.7 | |
| Fill in water pools | 81 | 32.3 | |
| Kill mosquitoes by hands | 80 | 31.9 | |
| Cover water jars/tanks | 65 | 25.9 | |
| Seal holes/cracks on walls/ceilings | 6 | 2.4 | |
| Plant flowers/grasses around house | 5 | 2.0 | |
| Spray house | 2 | 0.8 | |
| Use mosquito coils | 2 | 0.8 | |
| Knowledge of malaria epidemiology and vector ecology (VMWs who gave correct answers) | |||
| Malaria symptoms | 28 | 11.2 | |
| Malaria transmission | 49 | 19.5 | |
| Vector species | 25 | 10.0 | |
| Vector active time | 246 | 98.0 | |
| Vector development time | 17 | 6.8 | |
| Vector breeding places | 14 | 5.6 | |
| Natural enemies of vector | 4 | 1.6 | |