Variable | N | (%) |
---|---|---|
Source of information | Â | Â |
 Health clinic/hospitals | 27 | 20.5 |
 Health workers/sanitary inspectors | 14 | 10.6 |
 Mass media | 3 | 2.3 |
 Other people | 3 | 2.3 |
 School | 2 | 1.5 |
 Do not remember | 83 | 62.9 |
Signs and symptoms | Â | Â |
 Abdominal pain | 21 | 33.3 |
 Abdominal distention | 21 | 33.3 |
 Diarrhoea | 19 | 30.2 |
 Vomiting | 15 | 23.8 |
 Loss of appetite | 16 | 25.4 |
 Pale face | 12 | 19.0 |
 Body weakness | 10 | 15.9 |
Transmission | Â | Â |
 Eating contaminated food | 17 | 27.4 |
 Dirty hands | 15 | 24.2 |
 Walking barefooted | 15 | 24.2 |
 Drinking untreated water | 7 | 11.3 |
 Playing with soil | 12 | 19.4 |
 Not cutting nails regularly | 6 | 9.7 |
 Eating soil (geophagy) | 5 | 8.1 |
Prevention | Â | Â |
 Taking de-worming drugs | 18 | 13.6 |
 Washing of hands before eating | 16 | 12.1 |
 Wearing of shoes when outside the house | 13 | 9.8 |
 Boiling of untreated drinking water | 4 | 3.0 |