Research Article
Determinants of Ownership and Utilization of Insecticide-Treated Bed Nets for Malaria Control in Eastern Ethiopia
Table 3
Malaria knowledge and history in the past one year among respondents in Gursum district, Ethiopia, 2008.
| Variables | Frequency | Percentage |
| Has anyone in your family caught malaria in the past one year? | | | Yes | 81 | 24.2 | No | 254 | 75.8 | If yes, what were the signs and symptoms he/she was experiencing? | | | Fever | 80 | 23.9 | Chills | 77 | 23.0 | Headache | 75 | 22.4 | Backache and generalized aching | 58 | 17.3 | Convulsion | 29 | 8.7 | Loss of consciousness (coma) | 26 | 7.8 | Place of treatment among households who faced malaria | | | Government health facility | 65 | 81.2 | Private clinic | 12 | 15.0 | Traditional healer | 2 | 2.5 | Buy drug from any shop | 1 | 1.2 | Did anyone in your family travel away from home in the last one month? | | | Yes | 58 | 17.3 | No | 277 | 82.7 | Did she/he use ITN while on travel | | | Yes | 12 | 3.6 | No | 323 | 96.4 | Source of information for ITN | | | Mass media | 148 | 48.5 | Health workers | 87 | 28.5 | Kebele leader | 16 | 5.2 | Health extensions workers | 24 | 7.97 | Neighborhood | 30 | 9.83 |
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