Table 5.
Factors associated with community awareness-raising activities for malaria prevention
| Variables | r |
Pearson’s correlation |
|---|---|---|
| p- value | ||
|
Socio-demographic status |
|
|
| API |
0.09 |
0.303 |
| Age |
−0.02 |
0.856 |
| Household wealth |
0.70 |
0.435 |
| Duration of work as microscopist |
−0.12 |
0.197 |
| Distance from home to nearest health center |
−0.19 |
0.035* |
|
Service quality |
0.21 |
0.035* |
| Active detection |
0.17 |
0.064 |
| Diagnosis and treatment |
0.19 |
0.030* |
| Prescription of anti-malarials |
0.01 |
0.883 |
| Follow-up |
0.11 |
0.204 |
|
Self-preventive measures against malaria |
0.16 |
0.067 |
|
Ability in malaria microscopy |
0.27 |
0.003** |
| Preparation and documentation |
0.26 |
0.003** |
| Slide preparation and observation |
0.17 |
0.055 |
| Knowledge on the morphology of infected RBCs |
0.16 |
0.073 |
| Safe handling |
0.09 |
0.343 |
|
Knowledge on malaria |
0.00 |
0.980 |
| Malaria symptoms |
0.09 |
0.328 |
| Malaria transmission |
−0.19 |
0.034* |
| Vector species |
0.04 |
0.679 |
| Vector’s most active time |
0.25 |
0.004** |
|
Job satisfaction |
|
|
| General job satisfaction |
0.92 |
0.031* |
| Intrinsic job satisfaction |
0.15 |
0.095 |
| Extrinsic job satisfaction | 0.20 | 0.027* |
*Significant place of assignment difference (0.01 < p < 0.05), **Significant place of assignment difference (0.001 < p < 0.01), ***Significant place of assignment difference (p < 0.001). API, annual parasite index.