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Table 4 Comparison of community knowledge, action, and malaria treatment between the VMW and the HC villages

From: Promoting community knowledge and action for malaria control in rural Cambodia: potential contributions of Village Malaria Workers

  

Adjusted Odds Ratio

95%CI

β

p

   

Lower

Upper

  

Knowledge about the cause of malalria*

VMW(n=153)

0.60

0.30

1.22

  
 

HC(n=158)

     

Knowledge about malalria symptoms*

VMW(n=153)

0.40

0.19

0.83

  
 

HC(n=159)

     

Knowledge about government-recommended drug*

VMW(n=153)

0.55

0.25

1.23

  
 

HC(n=159)

     

Preventive and control measures taken†

VMW(n=110)

   

-0.191

0.315

 

HC(n=124)

     

Time before first treatment†

VMW(n=110)

   

0.053

0.721

 

HC(n=124)

     
  1. *Multiple logistic regression and †multiple regression, controlling for potential confounders (age, sex, marital status, education, occupation, the number of household member, income, first treatment source, distance from health facility).