Table 5 Practice of school-aged children and adults for schistosomiasis prevention and control in Amhara Regional State, northwest Ethiopia, February to June 2023
Practice | Response | Number (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
SAC | Adult | Total | ||
Open defecation | Yes | 20 (22.0) | 9 (6.5) | 29 (12.7) |
No | 71 (78.0) | 129 (93.5) | 200 (87.3) | |
Swimming/bathing in water | Yes | 87 (95.6) | 118 (85.5) | 205 (89.5) |
No | 4 (4.4) | 20 (14.5) | 24 (10.5) | |
Crossing surface water barefooted | Yes | 25 (27.5) | 72 (52.2) | 97 (42.4) |
No | 66 (72.5) | 66 (47.8) | 132 (57.6) | |
Playing near surface water | Yes | 27 (29.7) | – | 27 (29.7) |
No | 64 (70.3) | – | 64 (70.3) | |
Washing clothes in surface water | Yes | 69 (75.8) | 103 (74.6) | 172 (75.1) |
No | 22 (24.2) | 35 (25.4) | 57 (24.9) | |
Participation in agriculture | Yes | 30 (33.0) | 44 (31.9) | 74 (32.3) |
No | 61 (67.0) | 94 (68.1) | 155 (67.7) | |
Participation in irrigation | Yes | 15 (16.5) | 28 (20.3) | 43 (18.8) |
No | 76 (83.5) | 110 (79.7) | 186 (81.2) | |
Water source for drinking/washing | Piped | 56 (61.5) | 115 (83.3) | 171 (74.7) |
Non-piped | 35 (38.5) | 23 (16.7) | 58 (25.3) | |
Fetching surface water | Yes | 41 (45.1) | 40 (29.0) | 81 (35.4) |
No | 50 (54.9) | 98 (71.0) | 148 (64.6) | |
Participation in fishing | Yes | 2 (2.2) | 4 (2.9) | 6 (2.6) |
No | 89 (97.8) | 134 (97.1) | 223 (97.4) | |
Contact with freshwater bodies | Yes | 88 (96.7) | 135 (97.8) | 223 (97.4) |
No | 3 (3.3) | 3 (2.2) | 6 (2.6) | |
Having good practice | Yes | 42 (46.2) | 57 (41.3) | 99 (43.2) |
No | 49 (53.8) | 81 (58.6) | 130 (56.8) | |