Table 2.
Behavioral related factors among study participants of Dire District, Borena zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia, 2021 (n = 432).
| Characteristics | Categories | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Travel history to other VL endemic areas | Yes | 286 | 66.2 |
| No | 146 | 37.8 | |
| Family history of infection with VL | Yes | 87 | 20.1 |
| No | 345 | 79.9 | |
| Use bed net | Yes | 87 | 21.1 |
| No | 345 | 79.9 | |
| Sleeping/staying at day or/and night under Acacia | Yes | 160 | 37 |
| No | 272 | 63 | |
| Sleeping on the floor/ground | Yes | 238 | 55.1 |
| No | 194 | 44.9 | |
| Knows about Transmission of VL | Sandfly | 131 | 30.3 |
| Mosquito | 301 | 69.7 | |
| Knows about sign/symptoms of VL | Yes | 95 | 22.0 |
| No | 337 | 78.0 | |
| Knows about prevention of VL | Yes | 210 | 48.6 |
| No | 222 | 51.4 |