Table 1.
Topics | Before intervention | After intervention | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Informal interviewsa | Observationsb | Informal interviewsa | Observationsb | |
Awareness on avian influenza | 42 | N/A | 36 | N/A |
Housing sick poultry | 27 | 3 | 33 | 2 |
Selling/buying sick poultry | 20 | 0 | 22 | 2 |
Disposing carcasses or offal/blood of sick poultry | 46 | 6 | 45 | 7 |
Slaughtering sick poultry | 42 | 6 | 49 | 8 |
Cleaning site/tools after slaughtering sick poultry | 8 | 3 | 13 | 4 |
Hand hygiene after slaughtering/handling sick/dead poultry | 9 | 6 | 16 | 9 |
Covering nose/mouth while slaughtering/handling sick/dead poultry | 0 | 6 | 14 | 9 |
Keeping children away from slaughtering site | 14 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
aTotal numbers of interviews with individuals to explore each topic
bTotal number of opportunities to observe practices pertinent to each topic