Table 4.
Percentage of program participants and relatives/friends exhibiting knowledge and confirmed use of WaterGuard, and able to demonstrate proper handwashing technique, at baseline (2007), nine-month follow-up (2008), and three-year follow-up (2010), by district, Malawi*
| Characteristic | Blantyre District | Salima District | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participants | |||||||||
| Baseline 2007, n = 231 | Follow-up 2008, n = 182 | Follow-up 2010, n = 126 | Baseline 2007, n = 158 | Follow-up 2008, n = 148 | Follow-up 2010, n = 106 | Baseline 2007, n = 389 | Follow-up 2008, n = 330 | Follow-up 2010, n = 232 | |
| Knows how to use WaterGuard | 98 (42) | 109 (60) | 85 (67) | 41 (26) | 95 (65) | 70 (66) | 139 (36) | 204 (62) | 155 (67) |
| Positive chlorine residual in drinking water | 27 (12) | 98 (57) | 48 (38) | 7 (4) | 125 (86) | 69 (65) | 34 (9) | 223 (71) | 117 (54) |
| Observed WaterGuard use (observed WaterGuard in home and positive chlorine test result) | 4 (2) | 76 (44) | 25 (20) | 2 (1) | 118 (81) | 31 (29) | 6 (2) | 194 (61) | 56 (24) |
| Purchase (reported WaterGuard purchase, observed WaterGuard, and positive chlorine test result) | 4 (2) | 45 (27) | 21 (17) | 0 (0) | 55 (39) | 28 (26) | 4 (1) | 100 (32) | 49 (21) |
| Handwashing: lathers hands completely with soap | 47 (20) | 117 (64) | 66 (52) | 34 (22) | 107 (72) | 49 (46) | 81 (21) | 224 (68) | 115 (50) |
| Relatives/friends | |||||||||
| Baseline 2007, n = 230 | Follow-up 2008, n = 155 | Follow-up 2010, n = 82 | Baseline 2007, n = 156 | Follow-up 2008, n = 120 | Follow-up 2010, n = 86 | Baseline 2007, n = 386 | Follow-up 2008, n = 275 | Follow-up 2010, n = 168 | |
| Knows how to use WaterGuard | 91 (40) | 68 (47) | 37 (45) | 42 (27) | 49 (53) | 43 (50) | 132 (34) | 117 (50) | 80 (48) |
| Positive chlorine residual in drinking water | 28 (12) | 40 (28) | 20 (24) | 4 (3) | 53 (52) | 45 (52) | 32 (9) | 93 (38) | 65 (43) |
| Observed WaterGuard use (observed WaterGuard in home and positive chlorine test result) | 8 (3) | 26 (18) | 9 (11) | 1 (1) | 34 (28) | 18 (21) | 9 (2) | 60 (25) | 27 (16) |
| Purchase (reported WaterGuard purchase, observed WaterGuard, and positive chlorine test result) | 6 (3) | 25 (17) | 7 (9) | 0 (0) | 34 (28) | 17 (20) | 6 (2) | 59 (21) | 24 (14) |
| Handwashing: lathers hands completely with soap | 45 (20) | 88 (57) | 34 (41) | 20 (13) | 72 (64) | 29 (34) | 65 (17) | 160 (60) | 63 (38) |
*
Values are no. (%).