Questionnaire variable

Kakonko

Kibondo

Total

N

%

N

%

N

%

Have you ever heard of leptospirosis?

Yes

0

0

0

0

0

0

No

40

100

40

100

80

100

Have you ever heard of rodents borne diseases?

No

11.0

23.9

35.0

76.0

46.0

57.5

Yes

29.0

85.3

5.0

15.0

34.0

42.5

If yes from where?

At school

8.0

100.0

0.0

0.0

8.0

10.0

At school and radio

1.0

100.0

0.0

0.0

1.0

1.3

Health care workers

2.0

100.0

0.0

0.0

2.0

2.5

Not applicable

11.0

23.9

35.0

76.0

46.0

57.5

Radio

5.0

62.5

3.0

38.0

8.0

10.0

Radio and Village service providers

1.0

100.0

0.0

0.0

1.0

1.3

Village service providers

12.0

85.7

2.0

14.0

14.0

17.5

What are some of the rodent-borne diseases you know?

I don’t know

11.0

26.2

31.0

74.0

46.0

57.5

Plague

29.0

76.3

9.0

24.0

34.0

42.5

How are rodent-borne diseases spread?

Biting

9.0

52.9

8.0

47.0

17.0

21.3

Biting and droppings

1.0

100.0

0.0

0.0

1.0

1.3

Biting and ectoparasites

1.0

100.0

0.0

0.0

1.0

1.3

Biting, Droppings, Urine, Fur

0.0

0.0

4.0

100.0

4.0

5.0

Biting, Droppings, Fur

0.0

0.0

1.0

100.0

1.0

1.3

By sharing settlements with humans

2.0

100.0

0.0

0.0

2.0

2.5

I don’t know

11.0

29.0

27.0

71.0

38.0

47.5

Through their droppings

2.0

100.0

0.0

0.0

2.0

2.5

Through their ectoparasites

13.0

100.0

0.0

0.0

13.0

16.3

Through their urine

1.0

100.0

0.0

0.0

1.0

1.3

How can rodent-borne diseases be prevented?

Civic education

35.0

46.7

40.0

53.0

75.0

93.8

Civic education and distribution of rodenticides and traps

1.0

100.0

0.0

0.0

1.0

1.3

Cleanliness

1.0

100.0

0.0

0.0

1.0

1.3

Cleanliness and Civic education

1.0

100.0

0.0

0.0

1.0

1.3

I don't know

2.0

100.0

0.0

0.0

2.0

2.5