Table 6. Knowledge, perceptions and experiences related to MDA (n = 840).
| Characteristics | Participation in MDA | Total (n = 840) | p-value* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None (n = 153) | Incomplete (n = 225) | Complete (n = 462) | |||
| Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) | ||
| Have you heard of MDA (n = 839) | |||||
| Yes | 116 (76.3) | 201 (89.3) | 451 (97.6) | 768 (91.5) | <0.001 |
| No | 28 (18.4) | 17 (7.6) | 10 (2.2) | 55 (6.6) | |
| Don’t know | 8 (5.3) | 7 (3.1) | 1 (0.2) | 16 (1.9) | |
| Where did you hear it from | |||||
| Community engagement (n = 819) | |||||
| Yes | 78 (52.3) | 124 (57.7) | 380 (83.5) | 582 (71.1) | <0.001 |
| No | 71 (47.7) | 91 (42.3) | 75 (16.5) | 237 (28.9) | |
| Banners (n = 518) | |||||
| Yes | 6 (4.8) | 9 (5.9) | 30 (12.5) | 45 (8.7) | 0.016 |
| No | 119 (95.2) | 144 (94.1) | 210 (87.5) | 473 (91.3) | |
| Radio (n = 592) | |||||
| Yes | 9 (7) | 3 (1.7) | 25 (8.7) | 37 (6.3) | 0.009 |
| No | 120 (93) | 174 (98.3) | 261 (91.3) | 555 (93.8) | |
| Household member (n = 518) | |||||
| Yes | 14 (11.2) | 11 (7.2) | 12 (5) | 37 (7.1) | 0.09 |
| No | 111 (88.8) | 142 (92.8) | 228 (95) | 481 (92.9) | |
| Neighbor (n = 750) | |||||
| Yes | 20 (14.6) | 33 (17.7) | 39 (9.1) | 92 (12.3) | 0.008 |
| No | 117 (85.4) | 153 (82.3) | 388 (90.9) | 658 (87.7) | |
| Village head (n = 301) | |||||
| Yes | 6 (25) | 7 (11.3) | 110 (89.4) | 123 (40.9) | <0.001 |
| No | 18 (75) | 55 (88.7) | 105 (48.8) | 178 (59.1) | |
| Villager (n = 518) | |||||
| Yes | 2 (1.6) | 1 (0.7) | 3 (1.3) | 6 (1.2) | 0.75 |
| No | 123 (98.4) | 152 (99.3) | 237 (98.8) | 512 (98.8) | |
| Don’t know (n = 676) | |||||
| Yes | 19 (14.3) | 7 (4.3) | 7 (1.8) | 33 (4.9) | <0.001 |
| No | 114 (85.7) | 155 (95.7) | 374 (98.2) | 643 (95.1) | |
| It is important to take medicine (n = 815) | |||||
| Yes | 123 (85.4) | 192 (88.9) | 416 (91.4) | 731 (89.7) | 0.001 |
| No | 10 (6.9) | 5 (2.3) | 27 (5.9) | 42 (5.2) | |
| Don’t know | 11 (7.6) | 19 (8.8) | 12 (2.6) | 42 (5.2) | |
| Received enough information on MDA (n = 582) | |||||
| Yes | 77 (64.7) | 103 (68.2) | 274 (87.8) | 454 (78) | <0.001 |
| No | 18 (15.1) | 24 (15.9) | 28 (9) | 70 (12) | |
| Don’t know | 24 (20.2) | 24 (15.9) | 10 (3.2) | 58 (10) | |
| Purpose of the MDA medicine | |||||
| To kill the malaria parasite (n = 158) | |||||
| Yes | 2 (25) | 6 (66.7) | 132 (93.6) | 140 (88.6) | <0.001 |
| No | 6 (75) | 3 (33.3) | 9 (6.4) | 18 (11.4) | |
| To protect from malaria (n = 676) | |||||
| Yes | 71 (53.4) | 130 (80.2) | 318 (83.5) | 519 (76.8) | <0.001 |
| No | 62 (46.6) | 32 (19.8) | 63 (16.5) | 157 (23.2) | |
| Mosquitoes will not bite me (n = 518) | |||||
| Yes | 0 (0) | 2 (1.3) | 3 (1.3) | 5 (1) | 0.44 |
| No | 125 (100) | 151 (98.7) | 237 (98.8) | 513 (99) | |
| No need to sleep under the mosquito net (n = 518) | |||||
| Yes | 0 (0) | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.2) | 0.3 |
| No | 125 (100) | 152 (99.3) | 240 (100)) | 517 (99.8) | |
| Gives me energy (n = 676) | |||||
| Yes | 14 (10.5) | 12 (7.4) | 13 (3.4) | 39 (5.8) | 0.006 |
| No | 119 (89.5) | 150 (92.6) | 368 (96.6) | 637 (94.2) | |
| Don’t know | |||||
| Yes | 20 (15) | 14 (8.6) | 14 (3.7) | 48 (7.1) | <0.001 |
| No | 113 (85) | 148 (91.4) | 367 (96.3) | 628 (92.9) | |
| Will take MDA medicine next year (n = 591) | |||||
| Yes | 97 (75.2)) | 136 (89.5) | 292 (94.2) | 525 (88.8) | <0.001 |
| No | 16 (12.4) | 7 (4.6) | 5 (1.6) | 28 (4.7) | |
| Don’t know | 10 (7.8) | 7 (4.6) | 5 (1.6) | 22 (3.7) | |
| Conditional | 6 (4.7) | 2 (1.3) | 8 (2.6) | 16 (2.7) | |
| MDA is important (n = 749) | |||||
| Yes | 125 (88.7) | 198 (92.1) | 372 (94.7) | 695 (92.8) | 0.13 |
| No | 4 (2.8) | 3 (1.4) | 6 (1.5) | 13 (1.7) | |
| Maybe | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.1) | |
| Don’t know | 11 (7.8) | 14 (6.5) | 15 (3.8)) | 40 (5.3) | |
*Fisher exact test and Chi-squared test