Table 3. Knowledge and practices about safe water, sanitation and hygiene in surveys conducted 1 month before (baseline), and 3 and 12 months after (first and second follow-up) an oral cholera vaccination campaign, Maela Camp, 2013.
Knowledge | Baseline | 1st follow-up | 2nd follow-up | |||
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(n = 271)a | (n = 187)a | (n = 199)a | ||||
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
Heard of cholera | 218 | 81 | 152 | 81 | 181 | 91 |
Knew that watery diarrhea was a symptom of cholera | 114 | 52 | 68 | 45 | 95 | 52 |
Knew ≥2 vehicles of cholera transmissionb | 133 | 61 | 90 | 59 | 148 | 82 |
Knew ≥2 means of cholera preventionc | 136 | 62 | 118 | 78 | 144 | 80 |
Knew about boiling or treating drinking water for cholera prevention | 115 | 53 | 100 | 66 | 96 | 53 |
Knew about washing hands with soap for cholera prevention | 107 | 49 | 66 | 43 | 97 | 54 |
Knew about cooking food thoroughly for cholera prevention | 101 | 46 | 78 | 51 | 103 | 57 |
Reported would go to clinic for cholera treatment | 211 | 97 | 151 | 99 | 181 | 100 |
Reported would use oral rehydration for cholera treatment | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 6 |
Heard about preventing and treating cholera from people or media | 182 | 83 | 124 | 82 | 166 | 92 |
Received soap to prevent cholera | 150 | 83 | 94 | 76 | 135 | 81 |
Received chlorine solution to prevent cholera | 62 | 34 | 15 | 12 | 28 | 17 |
Received water container to prevent cholera | 40 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 14 |
Received printed educational materials to prevent cholera | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 30 |
Practice | ||||||
Reported camp water tap as primary drinking water source | 180 | 67 | 144 | 77 | 138 | 70 |
Reported boils or treats drinking waterd | 51 | 19 | 83 | 44 | 137 | 69 |
Reported boiling or treating drinking water within last 24 hoursd | 32 | 12 | 54 | 29 | 122 | 61 |
Reported washing hands ≥3 types of occasionse | 133 | 49 | 93 | 50 | 134 | 67 |
Reported washing hands before eating and after using the toilet | 124 | 46 | 99 | 53 | 123 | 62 |
Reported using soap to wash hands | 178 | 66 | 143 | 77 | 170 | 85 |
Observed soap at hand-washing station | 227 | 84 | 168 | 90 | 188 | 95 |
Observed covered drinking water container with spigot | 195 | 73 | 118 | 63 | 130 | 65 |
Observed residual chlorine in household drinking water sample | 22 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Observed E. coli in household drinking water sample | 106 | 39 | 91 | 49 | 68 | 34 |
a Missing data resulted in small fluctuations in denominators for some responses
b Drinking bad water, eating bad food, eating foods or drinks prepared outside the home, not washing fruits and vegetables, not cooking food thoroughly, flies/insects, poor hygiene/hand-washing, and eating raw fish
c Wash hands with soap and water, cook food thoroughly, drink water from public tap, boil/filter drinking water, treat water with chlorine, wash fruits/vegetables, clean cooking utensils/vessels, dispose of human waste properly, and cover food to keep away flies
d Limited comparibility between baseline and 3-month follow-up, or baseline and 1 year follow-up due to changes in translation made after the baseline survey
e After using toilet, after washing/cleaning tables, before eating, after eating, after cleaning baby diapers/stools, before cooking