Table 2.

knowledge, attitude and practice of study participants on traditional cauterization

Question	Response	Frequency (N)	Percent (%)
Cauterization is generally safe	Agree	289	33.6
	Neutral	216	25.2
	Disagree	353	41.2
Do you think cauterization cures?	Yes	394	45.9
	No	368	42.9
	Don't know	96	11.2
Traditional cauterization can transmit communicable diseases like HIV	Agree	239	26.5
	Neutral	199	22.1
	Disagree	420	46.6
Do you agree with your community's support of cauterization?	Agree	287	33.4
	Neutral	202	23.5
	Disagree	369	43.0
Do you plan to use traditional cautery in the future?	Yes	156	18.2
	No	603	70.4
	Don't know	98	11.4
Do you think there are diseases that can be cured by cautery?	Yes	523	61.0
	No	274	31.9
	Don't know	61	7.1
Do you believe traditional cautery practice should be stopped?	Agree	460	53.6
	Neutral	152	17.7
	Disagree	246	28.7
Tools used for traditional cauterization?	Metal rod	831	92.3
	Wood/thorn	104	11.6
	Knife	66	7.3
	Don't know	16	1.8
Did the traditional healers use same cauterant?	Yes	411	47.9
	No	125	14.6
	Don't know	322	37.5
Did they sterilize the cauterant after the procedure?	Yes	402	46.9
	No	62	7.2
	Don't know	394	45.9
Tools used for sterilization	Fire	271	66.9
	Boiled water	120	29.6
	Others (sunlight, rinsing with water)	14	3.4