Response Total (n=104)
n %
Source of information about MDA:
Health center/health workers 43 41.3
Schools/teachers 27 25.9
Radio/television 19 18.3
Community program 11 10.6
Do not remember 04 3.8
Transmission:
Dirty hand 23 22.1
Unhygienic toilet 29 27.9
Walking barefooted 51 49.1
Eating contaminated food 12 11.5
Drinking untreated water 05 4.8
Playing/contact with soil 09 8.7
Do not remember 17 16.3
Sign and symptoms:
Diarrhea 51 49.1
Abdominal pain 32 30.8
Loss of appetite 14 13.5
Vomiting 07 6.7
Abdominal distention 24 23.1
Body weakness 29 27.9
Do not remember 16 15.4
Prevention:
Hand washing after defecation 99 95.2
Wearing of shoes in toilet 102 98.1
Wearing of shoes when outside the house 77 74.1
Cutting nails regularly 54 51.4
Washing vegetables/fruit before eating 81 77.9
Taking anti-parasitic drugs 98 94.2
Avoid drinking untreated water 76 73.1
Do not know 13 12.5