Table 3.

Attitudes and practices towards bite events of community members, Pétionville, Haiti, 2013

Attitudes towards bites from suspected rabid animals (N = 550)			Practices of persons bitten by a suspected rabid animal (N = 172)
	n	%		n	%
What would you do if bitten by a suspected rabid animal?*			What did you do after being bitten by the suspected rabid animal?*
Nothing	3	0·5	Nothing	63	36·6
Wash the wound with soap and water	33	6·0	Washed the wound with soap and water	14	8·1
Seek help in a clinic or hospital	499	90·7	Sought help in a clinic or hospital	63	36·6
Self-administer antibiotics	3	0·5	Self-administered antibiotics	1	0·6
Visit a traditional healer	0	0·0	Visited a traditional healer	6	3·5
Don't know/Declined to answer	20	3·6	Don't know/Declined to answer	25	14·5
What would you do with an animal that had bitten you or a family member?*			What did you do with the animal that had bitten you?*
Nothing	55	10·0	Nothing	138	80·2
Observe the animal for 14 days for signs of illness	44	8·0	Observed the animal for 14 days for signs of illness	15	8·7
Determine the rabies vaccination status of the animal	41	7·5	Determined the rabies vaccination status of the animal	2	1·2
Kill the animal	256	46·5	Killed the animal	28	16·3
Take the animal to a veterinarian for rabies assessment	73	13·3	Took the animal to a veterinarian for rabies assessment	3	1·7
Don't know/Declined to answer	81	14·7		–	–
			Did you receive rabies vaccination after the bite?
			Yes	54	31·4
			No	110	64·0
			Don't know	8	4·7

* Multiple responses allowed, totals may not add up to 100%.