Table 5.
Primary reasons for willingness or unwillingness to participate in future interventions as assessed in an endline cross-sectional survey
| N | Willing | Unwilling | Don’t know/No response | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RACD | 1619 | 1546 (95.5%) | 28 (1.7%) | 45 (2.8%) |
| Reasons: | Reasons: | |||
| 714 (46.2%) To know whether they were ill | 17 (60.7%) Tested negative for malaria recently | |||
| 380 (24.6%) To know whether their children were ill | 4 (14.3%) Afraid of needles | |||
| 286 (18.5%) Care was free | ||||
| rfMDA | 528 | 478 (90.5%) | 31 (5.9%) | 19 (3.6%) |
| Reasons: | Reasons: | |||
| 153 (32.0%) It is free | 26 (83.9%) Worried about medication side effects | |||
| 147 (30.8%) To both prevent and treat malaria | 14 (45.2%) Do not want to take medication when not ill | |||
| 105 (22.0%) Like to have their children treated | ||||
| RAVC | 624 | 616 (98.7%) | 7 (1.1%) | 1 (0.16%) |
| Reasons: | Reasons: | |||
| 522 (84.7%) To keep mosquitoes and bugs away | 2 (28.6%) No mosquitoes in area | |||
| 89 (14.4%%) Structures were sprayed well during the previous visit |
Some participants provided multiple reasons