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

Table 4

Strategies/materials used in malaria prevention.

Variables	Frequency (N=246)	Percent (%)
Use of smoke to drive away mosquitoes	80	32
Mosquito mat, coils, and liquid vaporizer	178	72
Mosquito spray	134	54
Use of fan	93	38
Covering of body with clothes	124	50
Mosquito net	148	60
Cleaning house	154	62
Prevent water stagnation	154	62
Covering containers	115	46
Changing water in storage tanks	123	50
Others	10	4
No idea	4	2