Table 5 Attitude and practice of the participants on VL and sand flies vectors (n = 100)
Variables | Categories | Frequency | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Attitudes | |||
 Severity of VL | Very serious | 3 | 3 |
Serious | 45 | 45 | |
Ordinary | 52 | 52 | |
 VL important public health problem | Yes | 48 | 48 |
No | 52 | 52 | |
 Preventability of VL | Yes | 36 | 36 |
No | 59 | 59 | |
I don’t know | 5 | 5 | |
 VL will be fatal if left untreated | Yes | 44 | 44 |
No | 56 | 56 | |
Practices | |||
 Drug preference for VL treatment | Specific medicine | 44 | 44 |
Indigenous medicine | 12 | 12 | |
Both specific & indigenous | 36 | 36 | |
Don’t know | 8 | 8 | |
 Seek treatment from | Health center | 68 | 68 |
Traditional medicine | 20 | 20 | |
Self-medication | 12 | 12 | |
 Prevention measures of VL | Bed net | 42 | 42 |
Insecticide spraying | 32 | 32 | |
Smoking tree branches | 14 | 14 | |
Cleaning environment | 8 | 8 | |
Don’t know | 4 | 4 | |