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Table 5 Parents’ percieved malaria control practices and risk of school age children infection with the diseases, Maksegnit, northwestern Ethiopia, June 2022

From: Knowledge and practices of parents of school age children towards Helminthiasis and malaria in northwestern Ethiopia

Variables (respondents)

Category

N (%)

OR (95% CI)

How do family members prevent malaria? (n = 363)

IRS/LLINs

30(8.3)

1

Use tablet

129(35.5)

1.28(0.78–2.10)

Environmental management

204(56.2)

0.44(0.20–0.97)

Was house sprayed with IRS within the previous 12 months? (n = 394)

No

334(84.8)

1

Yes

60(15.2)

3.16(1.45–6.92)

Do you/your household member use net? (n = 393)

No

93(23.7)

1

Yes

300 (76.3)

1.46(0.88–2.41)

Which group sleep under net in your family(n = 283)

Mother and father

51(18.0)

1

Pregnant woman

82(29.0)

0.63(0.29–1.36)

Children

150(53.0)

0.49(0.17–1.40)

Frequency of net use (n = 356)

Sometimes

53 (14.9)

1

Everyday

303 (85.1)

0.55(0.26–1.15)

Household Participation in enviroinmental management for mosquito control

no

168(42.9)

1

Yes

224(57.1)

1.36(0.88–2.12)