Table 4.
Knowledge assessment and their information channel
| Category | Description | Number | Percent (n = 734) |
|---|---|---|---|
| General knowledge on “malaria” | Know the disease, “malaria” | 734 | 88.22a |
| Know the blood test for diagnosis | 271 | 36.92 | |
| Know the symptoms of malaria | 646 | 88.01 | |
| Cause of malaria | Mosquitoes bite | 604 | 82.29 |
| Drink/bath of dirty water | 177 | 24.11 | |
| Related to food (e.g., banana) | 48 | 6.54 | |
| Visiting to forest | 37 | 5.04 | |
| Sleeping/staying in the forest | 26 | 3.54 | |
| Prevention of malaria | Bed net can prevent “malaria” | 403 | 54.90 |
| ITN can prevent “malaria” | 295 | 40.19 | |
| Drink of boiled water | 65 | 8.86 | |
| Do not know | 115 | 15.67 | |
| Knowledge on anti-malarial | Know any antimalarial | 272 | 29.02 |
| Artesunate | 129 | 8.31 | |
| Artemether | 122 | 8.04 | |
| Quinine | 62 | 6.95 | |
| Coartem | 36 | 6.95 | |
| Chloroquine | 32 | 6.13 | |
| Others | 25 | 3.41 | |
| Source of information | Health staff | 213 | 3.13 |
| Poster | 61 | 1.77 | |
| Leaflet/Brochures | 59 | 0.95 | |
| TV | 51 | 4.50 | |
| Radio | 51 | 17.30 | |
| Village health volunteer | 45 | 8.58 | |
| Friends/neighbors | 25 | 11.17 | |
| Billboard | 23 | 71.80 | |
| Others | 13 | 37.06 | |
| Do not remember | 7 | 17.57 | |
| Received information last time | Within 1 month | 33 | 16.62 |
| 2–6 months | 127 | 8.45 | |
| 6–12 months | 63 | 4.90 | |
| Not sure | 82 | 4.36 |
aThis percentage was calculated based on all 832 participants and all others were based on the persons who know the disease, malaria (n = 734)