From: Comparing sociocultural features of cholera in three endemic African settings
Category | SE-DRC, n = 360 | Western Kenya, n = 379 | Zanzibar, n = 354 | ||||||||||||
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Overall | Total reported | Prominence | Â | Total reported | Prominence | Â | Total reported | Prominence | Â | ||||||
Health education | 92.5 | 1.75 | Â | 98.9 | 1.89 | Â | 95.5 | 1.90 | Â | ||||||
Safe disposal of garbage*** | 95.0 | 1.79 | Â | 97.9 | 1.61 | Â | 98.6 | 2.09 | Â | ||||||
Safe disposal of stool*** | 93.9 | 1.53 | Â | 97.9 | 1.81 | Â | 98.3 | 2.09 | Â | ||||||
Safe food*** | 95.3 | 1.92 | Â | 98.4 | 1.67 | Â | 97.5 | 1.66 | Â | ||||||
Safe water*** | 93.3 | 2.06 | Â | 98.2 | 1.93 | Â | 96.9 | 1.74 | Â | ||||||
Vaccines*** | 87.2 | 2.00 | Â | 87.9 | 1.15 | Â | 86.2 | 1.20 | Â | ||||||
Site comparison | Urban | Rural | Â | Urban | Rural | Â | Urban | Rural | Â | ||||||
Total reported | Prominence | Total reported | Prominence | P value | Total reported | Prominence | Total reported | Prominence | P value | Total reported | Prominence | Total reported | Prominence | P value | |
Health education | 90.0 | 1.80 | 95.0 | 1.71 | 0.371 | 98.9 | 2.27 | 98.9 | 1.51 | <0.001 | 96.6 | 1.93 | 94.3 | 1.88 | 0.581 |
Preventive drugs | 59.4 | 0.87 | 65.0 | 1.04 | 0.331 | 86.3 | 1.05 | 91.5 | 1.20 | 0.049 | 83.7 | 1.01 | 88.6 | 1.18 | 0.040 |
Protection from supernatural influencea | 10.6 | 0.13 | 5.0 | 0.05 | 0.047 | 7.4 | 0.09 | 21.7 | 0.22 | <0.001 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Safe disposal of garbage | 93.9 | 1.71 | 96.1 | 1.87 | 0.154 | 98.4 | 1.53 | 97.4 | 1.69 | 0.257 | 99.4 | 2.51 | 97.7 | 1.66 | <0.001 |
Safe disposal of stool | 91.7 | 1.53 | 96.1 | 1.54 | 0.911 | 97.4 | 1.66 | 98.4 | 1.96 | 0.026 | 99.4 | 1.96 | 97.2 | 2.21 | 0.301 |
Safe food | 94.4 | 1.86 | 96.1 | 1.98 | 0.298 | 98.9 | 1.76 | 97.9 | 1.58 | 0.002 | 98.3 | 1.78 | 96.6 | 1.53 | 0.001 |
Gender comparison | Female | Male | Â | Female | Male | Â | Female | Male | Â | ||||||
Total reported | Prominence | Total reported | Prominence | P value | Total reported | Prominence | Total reported | Prominence | P value | Total reported | Prominence | Total reported | Prominence | P value | |
Health education | 91.7 | 1.66 | 93.3 | 1.84 | 0.361 | 98.5 | 1.87 | 99.5 | 1.92 | 0.571 | 95.5 | 1.72 | 95.4 | 2.10 | 0.014 |
Protection from supernatural influencea | 5.0 | 0.05 | 10.6 | 0.13 | 0.044 | 13.4 | 0.14 | 15.7 | 0.17 | 0.533 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Safe disposal of garbage | 95.6 | 1.78 | 94.4 | 1.79 | 0.500 | 97.4 | 1.52 | 98.4 | 1.70 | 0.026 | 98.9 | 2.13 | 98.3 | 2.05 | 0.906 |
Safe food | 94.5 | 1.98 | 96.1 | 1.86 | 0.206 | 98.5 | 1.69 | 98.4 | 1.65 | 0.888 | 98.3 | 1.78 | 96.6 | 1.53 | 0.013 |
Safe water | 92.3 | 2.15 | 94.4 | 1.98 | 0.159 | 98.5 | 2.04 | 97.8 | 1.82 | 0.019 | 97.2 | 1.77 | 96.6 | 1.71 | 0.926 |