Table 3.
Health-seeking behaviour and malaria prevention practices
| Characteristics | Frequency | % |
|---|---|---|
| History of Fever within 3 days | ||
| Yes | 668 | 26.8 |
| No | 1825 | 73.2 |
| Actions taken during fever | ||
| Visited a health facility | 156 | 23.4 |
| Visited a patent medicine store/pharmacy | 268 | 40.1 |
| Visited the herbalist | 62 | 9.3 |
| Did not do anything | 140 | 20.9 |
| Others | 42 | 6.3 |
| Ownership of ITN | ||
| Owned ITN | 2234 | 89.6 |
| Did not own ITN | 259 | 10.4 |
| Source of ITN | ||
| Bought personally | 51 | 2.3 |
| from community programmes | 793 | 35.5 |
| from a health facility | 1367 | 61.2 |
| Gift from family member/friend | 23 | 1.0 |
| Use of ITN previous night (n = 2234) | ||
| Used | 1528 | 68.4 |
| Did not use | 706 | 31.6 |
| Use of mosquito spray | ||
| Yes | 768 | 30.8 |
| No | 1725 | 69.2 |
| Use of mosquito coil | ||
| Yes | 368 | 14.8 |
| No | 2125 | 85.2 |
| Use neither ITN, mosquito spay or coil | 413 | 16.6 |
| Other actions taken during fever | ||
| Took left over drugs | 17 | 40.5 |
| Took a lot of water | 6 | 14.2 |
| Took alcoholic bitters | 18 | 42.9 |
| Prayed | 1 | 2.4 |