Table 6.

Significant changes in understanding the intervention and knowledge of malaria in one study village (TOT) over 1 year

	2014	2015	p
What causes malaria?
Mosquitoes transmit malaria	56/114 (49 %)	60/109 (55 %)	0.376
Don’t know	43/114 (38 %)	25/109 (23 %)	0.017
What sickness causes most health problems in your village?
Malaria	69/113 (61 %)	80/107 (75 %)	0.078
Respiratory tract infections	15/113 (13 %)	28/107 (26 %)	0.009
What kind of complaints do people with malaria have?
Fever	50/113 (44 %)	59/107 (55 %)	0.041
Headache	40/112 (36 %)	54/107 (51 %)	0.016
What did you learn and understand during the sensitisation meetings?
Many people who get malaria become sick	84/112 (75 %)	102/107 (95 %)	<0.001
Individuals can have malaria infections and feel perfectly well	54/112 (48 %)	31/107 (29 %)	0.003
Mosquitoes may become infected from biting individuals who do not get sick	71/112 (63 %)	81/107 (76 %)	0.048
Do you think it is important for everybody in the village to take the medicine?
Agree	78/112 (70 %)	94/107 (88 %)	0.001