Table 2 Responses on knowledge, practices, and attitudes towards cystic echinococcosis in Southern districts of Mozambique
Question | Response | Frequency (%) | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|---|
Person in charge of dog(s) care | Children | 269(80.3) | 76.1–84.5 |
Women | 32(9.6) | 6.6–13.1 | |
Men | 9(2.7) | 0.9–4.8 | |
Children and Women | 25(7.5) | 4.8–10.4 | |
Purpose of dog ownership | Guard | 88(26.3) | 21.5–31.0 |
Hunt | 91(27.2) | 22.4–31.0 | |
Companionship | 18(5.4) | 3.3–7.8 | |
Shepherd | 138(41.2) | 35.8–46.9 | |
Livestock ownership | Yes | 257(76.7) | 71.9–81.2 |
No | 78(23.3) | 18.8–28.1 | |
Home slaughter practice | Yes | 171(51.0) | 46.0- 56.4 |
No | 164(49.0) | 43.6–54.0 | |
Cysts observed in viscera | Yes | 134 (40) | 34.4–44.2 |
No | 201(60) | 55.8–66.6 | |
How infected organs are disposed | Feed dogs | 81(60.4) | 52.2–68.7 |
Throw away | 33(24.6) | 17.6–32.1 | |
Bury | 20(14.9) | 9.0-21.6 | |
How are dogs kept | Roam free | 321(95.8) | 93.7–97.9 |
Yard | 14(4.2) | 2.1–6.3 | |
Where dogs defecate | Pasture area | 246(73.4) | 68.7–78.5 |
Yard | 32(9.6) | 6.3–12.8 | |
Surrounding neighbors | 57(17) | 13.1–21.5 | |
Dogs deworming | Yes | 4(1.2) | 0.3–2.4 |
No | 331(98.8) | 97.6–99.7 | |
Washing of fruits and vegetables before consumption | Yes | 83(24.8) | 19.7–29.9 |
Sometimes | 252(75.2) | 69.9–80.0 | |
Washing hands before eating | Yes | 111(33.1) | 28.7–38.5 |
No | 97(29) | 24.2–34.3 | |
Sometimes | 127(37.9) | 32.5–43.0 | |
Water treatment (boiling) | Yes | - | - |
No | 335(100) | 100 | |
Contact of dogs with wild animals | Yes | 198(59.1) | 54.0-64.5 |
No | 137(40.9) | 35.5–46.0 |