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Table 3 Distribution of the sources which the high risk populations received information regards to louse- borne relapsing fever, in Bahir Dar city, December, 2012

From: Prevalence and risk factors of louse- borne relapsing fever in high risk populations in Bahir Dar city Northwest, Ethiopia

 

High risk populations

 

Yekolotemaries

Street children

Prisoners

Total

(n = 99)

(n = 82)

(n = 226)

(n = 407)

Sources

No (%)

No (%)

No (%)

No (%)

p value

* Tv and radio

0

0

35 (100)

35 (8.6)

Friends

0

30 (26.3)

84 (73.7)

114 (28)

< 0.001

All of the above

0

2 (5)

37 (94.9)

39 (9.6)

None of the above

99 (45)

50 (22.8)

70 (32)

219 (53.8)

Total

99 (24.3)

82 (20.1)

226 (55.5)

407 (100)

  1. Note: *Tv: television, n = Total numbers of types of study participants.