Awareness and Malaria Prevention Practices in a Rural Community in the Ho Municipality, Ghana

Table 3

Knowledge of vector characteristics and preventive measures.

Variable	Attributes	Frequency (n=246)	Percent (%)
Common breeding site	Running dirty water	36	15
	Garbage/trash	81	33
	Standing clean water	84	34
	Standing dirty water	38	15
	Running clean water	3	1
	Plants/Vegetation	6	2
Most frequent mosquito bite time	Sunset/Dusk	47	19
	Sunrise/Dawn	15	6
	Morning	10	4
	Night	176	71
Knowledge of preventive measures	Use of smoke to drive away mosquitoes	64	26
	Mosquito mat, coils, and liquid vaporizer	222	90
	Mosquito spray	208	84
	Use of fan	107	43
	Covering of body with clothes	89	36
	Mosquito net	231	93
	Cleaning house	138	56
	No idea	2	1
Eradication of breeding site of mosquito	Prevent water stagnation	208	84
	Covering containers	112	45
	Changing water in storage tanks	142	57
	Others	17	7
	No idea	4	2
	Proper disposal of waste	17	7