| No. responses (%) |
---|---|
How long time have you lived in this village (n =29)? | Â |
1-5 years | 3 (10.3) |
> 5 years | 25 (86.2) |
No answer | 1 (3.4) |
Have you heard about the MDA programme (n =29)? | Â |
Yes | 26 (89.7) |
No | 3 (10.3) |
Did you take the MDA tablets in February 2013 (n =29)? | Â |
Yes | 4 (13.8) |
No | 23 (79.3) |
Don’t know | 2 (6.9) |
Why did you not take the tablets (n =23)? | Â |
Was absent | 13 (56.5) |
Tablets not distributed | 5 (21.7) |
Not informed | 3 (13.0) |
Not like the tablets | 1 (4.3) |
Fear of side effects | 1 (4.3) |
Did you take the tablets during previous MDAs (n =29)? | Â |
No | 9 (31.0) |
Yes, once | 6 (20.7) |
Yes, twice | 8 (27.6) |
Yes, more than twice | 5 (17.2) |
Don’t know | 1 (3.4) |
Why not (n =9)? | Â |
Was absent | 7 (77.8) |
Tablets not distributed | 1 (11.1) |
Fear of side effects | 1 (11.1) |
Will you take the tablets during next MDA (n =29)? | Â |
Yes | 29 (100.0) |
Why will you take the tablets during next MDA (n =29)? | Â |
To protect me from getting LF | 22 (75.9) |
To prevent spread of LF in the village | 5 (17.2) |
Instructed by village leaders | 1 (3.4) |
Because many people take them | 1 (3.4) |