Table 4.
Trachoma prevention practice in rural Lemo district community, South Ethiopia 2021 (n=552)
| Variables | Number | Percent |
| Took mass drug administration |
478 | 86.6 |
| Yes | ||
| No | 74 | 13.4 |
| Using soap for face washing | ||
| Yes | 302 | 54.7 |
| No | 250 | 45.3 |
| Didn't share a fomite with family |
212 | 38.4 |
| Yes | ||
| No | 340 | 61.6 |
| Child's facial cleanliness (at | ||
| least at one child) | 287 | 52.0 |
| Yes | ||
| No | 265 | 48.0 |
| Flies around child's face (at | ||
| least at one child) | 211 | 38.2 |
| Present | ||
| Absent | 341 | 61.8 |
| Availability of waste | ||
| disposal pits | 158 | 28.8 |
| Yes | ||
| No | 394 | 71.4 |
| Use of waste pits | ||
| Yes | 153 | 27.7 |
| No | 399 | 72.3 |
| Use of latrine | ||
| Yes | 527 | 95.5 |
| No | 25 | 4.5 |
| Cleanliness of the latrine | ||
| Yes | 224 | 40.6 |
| No | 328 | 59.4 |
| Hand washing facility near a | ||
| latrine | 16 | 2.9 |
| Yes | ||
| No | 536 | 97.1 |
| Hand washing practice after | ||
| using a latrine | 214 | 38.8 |
| Yes | ||
| No | 338 | 61.2 |
| Separated houses with | ||
| human and animal dwelling | 301 | 54.5 |
| Yes | ||
| No | 251 | 45.5 |
| Cleanliness of compound | ||
| Yes | 209 | 37.9 |
| No | 343 | 62.1 |