Table 3.
Level of knowledge about schistosomiasis in the two villages
| Knowledge Question | Knowledge level (Percentage) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poor | Unsatisfactory | Satisfactory | ||||
| Ebiana | Elrouse | Ebiana | Elrouse | Ebiana | Elrouse | |
| What is bilharziasis? | 27.7 | 46.0 | 15.6 | 9.6 | 56.7 | 44.4 |
| Which organs are severely affected? | 8.6 | 13.0 | 21.0 | 26.6 | 60.4 | 60.4 |
| How do people get infected? | 5.3 | 3.5 | 41.6 | 23.9 | 53.1 | 72.6 |
| How does bilharzia infect via canal water? | 17.4 | 10.6 | 48.2 | 63.0 | 34.4 | 26.4 |
| Which sources pollute the canal water? | 36.6 | 29.0 | 3.5 | 8.8 | 59.6 | 61.2 |
| How does human excreta reach the canal? | 64.0 | 79.5 | 20.5 | 14.4 | 15.5 | 6.1 |
| What, and where are snail habitat? | 40.5 | 55.1 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 57.7 | 44.7 |
| What is the role of snails in the life cycle? | 58.9 | 68.9 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 38.3 | 28.5 |
| How can one identify bilharziasis? | 21.8 | 33.8 | 31.3 | 28.5 | 47.0 | 37.7 |
| What are the types of available treatment | 0.3 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 99.0 | 98.1 |
| How can one be sure of cure after being treated? | 21.9 | 38.6 | 11.6 | 23.7 | 66.5 | 37.9 |
| How can you protect water stream from Bilharzia? | 33.6 | 41.4 | 9.9 | 9.1 | 56.5 | 49.5 |
| How can you protect yourself From Bilharzia? | 7.2 | 14.4 | 3.1 | 7.2 | 89.6 | 78.4 |
| Overall Knowledge | 43.8 | 59.2 | 35.5 | 30.4 | 20.7 | 10.4 |
The total maximum score equaled 31: satisfactory (≥ 75%), Unsatisfactory (74–50%) and poor (< 50%)