Table 2 Communities’ practice towards for the prevention of Tuberculosis, Mecha District, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018
Variables | Value | n | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Does your house has window? | Yes | 365 | 90.6 |
No | 38 | 9.4 | |
Do you open your home window regularly | Yes | 219 | 60.0 |
No | 146 | 40.0 | |
Do you open car window’s during travelling | Yes | 118 | 29.3 |
No | 285 | 70.7 | |
Have you ever screened for TB? | Yes | 78 | 19.4 |
No | 325 | 80.6 | |
Have you ever got health education about TB | Yes | 268 | 66.5 |
No | 135 | 33.5 | |
If you have TB, what do you do? | Consult health worker | 347 | 86.1 |
Consult traditional healers | 43 | 10.7 | |
Kept silent | 13 | 3.2 | |
If you have TB, what measures would you do for the family, community | Cover my mouth and nose during coughing and sneezing | 268 | 66.5 |
I will cough arbitrarily | 48 | 11.9 | |
I do not know | 87 | 21.6 |