Table 3.
Awareness of preventive health care
| Variables | N (%) |
|---|---|
| Awareness | |
| No | 51 (13) |
| Yes | 330 (87) |
| Source of awareness | |
| Mass media | 113 (30) |
| Social media | 114 (30) |
| Health workers | 141 (37) |
| Family friends | 99 (26) |
| Religious/Community leaders | 20 (5) |
| Others | 44 (12) |
| Preferred aspect of Preventive healthcare | |
| Intervention aimed at preventing a disease before they occur | 348 (91) |
| Interventions aimed at reducing disease or injury impact | 182 (48) |
| Interventions aimed at ameliorating the impact of ongoing disease or injury with long lasting effect | 163 (43) |
| Preventive health care components | |
| Preventive health check-ups/physical exams | 318 (83) |
| Regular age related screening tests | 259 (68) |
| Lifestyle-related advice like diet/nutritional counseling | 277 (73) |
| Facilities for exercising like gym or park | 239 (63) |
| Stress-relieving techniques like Yoga | 201 (53) |
| Routine vaccinations | 260 (68) |
| Others | 4 (1) |
| Preventive health checkup interval | |
| 6 monthly | 138 (36) |
| Annually | 122 (32) |
| Every 5 years | 4 (1) |
| Every 2 years | 20 (5) |
| Never | 97 (25) |
| Participant preventive health care measures | |
| Immunization | 181 (48) |
| Insecticide treated net | 114 (30) |
| Exercise | 232 (61) |
| Dieting | 155 (41) |
| Stress management | 116 (30) |
| Weight control | 131 (34) |
| Yoga | 16 (4) |
| Prophylaxis | 27 (7) |