Table 4 Knowledge, perceptions and practices related to EDPT and bed nets

Knowledge of symptomsǂ

Fever

71 (67.6)

42 (77.8)

131 (71.6)

45 (68.2)

289 (70.8)

Chills & rigor

89 (84.8)

46 (85.2)

146 (79.8)

51 (77.3)

332 (81.4)

Headache

63 (60.0)

17 (31.5)

85 (46.4)

36 (54.5)

201 (49.3)

Knowledge for malaria confirmationǂ

Confirmed by microscopy

71 (67.6)

25 (46.3)

99 (54.1)

42 (63.6)

237 (58.1)

Confirmed by RDT

65 (61.9)

27 (50.0)

117 (63.9)

41 (62.1)

250 (61.3)

Awareness of antimalarialdrugsǂ

Chloroquine

6 (5.7)

4 (7.4)

4 (2.2)

3 (4.5)

17 (4.2)

Artesunate

20 (19.0)

6 (11.1)

29 (15.8)

6 (9.1)

61 (15.0)

Quinine

4 (3.8)

3 (5.6)

5 (2.7)

2 (3.0)

14 (3.4)

Priority for ITNs/LLINsǂ

Pregnant women

69 (65.7)

32 (59.3)

116 (63.4)

39 (59.1)

256 (62.7)

Under five children

97 (92.4)

40 (74.1)

167 (91.3)

61 (92.4)

365 (89.5)

Temporary migrant workers

37 (35.2)

11 (20.4)

78 (42.6)

25 (37.9)

151 (37.0)

Perceived risk of malaria

80 (76.2)

40 (74.1)

135 (73.8)

43 (65.2)

298 (73.0)

Perceived risk of non-compliance to full course of anti-malarialsǂ

Parasites remained

51 (48.6)

20 (37.0)

78 (42.6)

24 (36.4)

173 (42.4)

Febrile again

76 (72.4)

30 (55.6)

119 (65.0)

49 (74.2)

274 (67.2)

Drug resistance

13 (12.4)

6 (11.1)

11 (6.0)

10 (15.2)

40 (9.8)

Sought help from public facilities

63 (60.0)

21 (38.9)

111(60.7)

35 (53.0)

230 (56.4)

Bed net use last night

n = 371

n = 221

n = 665

n = 261

n = 1518

Slept under ordinary net

118 (31.8)

86 (38.9)

189 (28.4)

107(41.0)

500 (32.9)

Slept under ITN/LLIN

208 (56.1)

95 (43.0)

419 (63.0)

122 (46.7)

844 (55.6)

To buy ITNs/LLINsǂ

n = 105

n = 54

n =183

n = 66

n = 408

Willingness

95 (90.5)

46 (85.2)

164 (89.6)

56 (84.8)

361 (88.5)

n = 70

n = 30

n = 154

n = 40

n = 294

Affordability

46 (65.7)

19 (63.3)

80 (51.9)

32 (80.0)

177(60.2)