All districts, % (95% CI) (N=3,485) | Low-Risk Districts,a % (95% CI) (N=1,227) | High-Risk Districts,b % (95% CI) (N=2,258) | P Valuec | |
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Aware of EVD outbreak in DRC | 47.1 (43.2, 51.0) | 37.3 (32.0, 42.9) | 49.0 (44.5, 53.5) | .001 |
Perceived risk of contracting EVDd,e | ||||
No risk | 48.6 (44.2, 52.9) | 46.5 (41.4, 51.8) | 49.0 (43.9, 54.1) | <.001 |
Small risk | 23.2 (20.9, 25.7) | 27.5 (23.3, 32.1) | 22.3 (19.7, 25.3) | |
Moderate risk | 8.9 (7.6, 10.5) | 18.9 (14.8, 23.7) | 7.0 (5.6, 8.6) | |
High risk | 19.3 (16.4, 22.6) | 7.1 (4.7, 10.5) | 21.7 (18.2, 25.7) | |
Ebola messages received in past 6 monthsd | ||||
Did not receive any Ebola messages | 50.0 (48.0, 51.9) | 71.8 (67.0, 76.2) | 45.6 (43.5, 47.8) | <.001 |
Handwashing | 34.0 (31.0, 37.2) | 15.0 (11.1, 19.9) | 37.8 (34.3, 41.4) | <.001 |
Avoid physical contact with people | 31.7 (28.5, 35.1) | 14.8 (12.0, 18.2) | 35.1 (31.2, 39.1) | <.001 |
Avoid participating in funeral practices and traditional burials that involve contact with the corpse | 18.3 (16.0, 20.8) | 7.7 (5.8, 10.1) | 20.3 (17.6, 23.4) | <.001 |
Report sick people to health authorities | 15.6 (13.8, 17.6) | 8.7 (6.1, 12.1) | 16.9 (14.9, 19.2) | <.001 |
Report deaths that resemble Ebola to health authorities | 13.9 (12.2, 15.7) | 6.1 (4.3, 8.4) | 15.4 (13.4, 17.6) | <.001 |
Avoid eating bush meat | 12.8 (10.4, 15.7) | 0.6 (0.3, 1.5) | 15.2 (12.3, 18.7) | <.001 |
Avoid overcrowded places | 1.0 (0.6, 1.6) | 0.1 (<0.1, 0.4) | 1.2 (0.8, 1.9) | <.001 |
Reported source of EVD informationd,f,g | ||||
Radio | 65.2 (60.8, 69.3) | 70.4 (59.7, 79.3) | 64.2 (59.3, 68.7) | .28 |
Television | 35.3 (30.8, 40.1) | 11.4 (5.8, 21.3) | 40.1 (34.8, 45.5) | <.001 |
Church or mosque | 27.5 (20.2,36.2) | 6.9 (3.9, 11.9) | 31.5 (22.8, 41.8) | <.001 |
Community meetings | 26.3 (20.6, 32.9) | 19.6 (14.6, 25.7) | 27.6 (20.9, 35.4) | .08 |
Household visits | 20.0 (10.9, 34.0) | 7.1 (4.2, 11.7) | 22.6 (11.7, 39.2) | .004 |
Posters or flyers | 10.1 (7.1, 14.3) | 1.5 (0.6, 3.7) | 11.8 (8.2, 16.8) | <.001 |
Newspapers | 8.3 (6.1, 11.3) | 4.3 (1.9, 9.4) | 9.1 (6.5, 12.6) | .08 |
Megaphone public announcements | 8.0 (3.3, 18.0) | 1.7 (0.6, 4.5) | 9.2 (3.7, 21.2) | .006 |
Reported information gapd,f | ||||
How EVD is prevented | 64.1 (58.6, 69.3) | 72.2 (67.3, 76.7) | 62.5 (55.9, 68.6) | .02 |
How EVD is spread | 45.8 (40.1, 51.6) | 61.0 (54.8, 66.9) | 42.8 (36.1, 49.7) | <.001 |
Signs and symptoms of EVD | 40.8 (34.3, 47.7) | 59.9 (54.3, 65.2) | 37.1 (29.5, 45.3) | <.001 |
Where to go for EVD treatment | 29.8 (24.6, 35.7) | 34.2 (26.5, 42.9) | 28.9 (22.9, 35.8) | .31 |
How to care for an EVD patient | 20.1 (15.1, 26.2) | 29.3 (23.0, 36.5) | 18.3 (12.6,25.7) | 0.026 |
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo; EVD, Ebola virus disease.
↵a Two low-risk districts: Lamwo and Busia.
↵b Four high-level districts: Kasese, Kisoro, Arua, and Kampala.
↵c Design-based F-statistic p values for comparing high-risk versus low-risk districts. P<.05 is significant and P≥.05 is not significant (at 5% level).
↵d Missing values: Perceived risk of contracting EVD (n=51, 1%), preventive Ebola messages received (n=113, 3%), source of EVD information (n=44, 2%), EVD information gap (n=2,130, 61%).
↵e Don’t know responses excluded from the risk perception item (n=828, 24%).
↵f Multiple response questions: Only the key items presented, detailed responses are presented in Supplement 2.
↵g Denominator was number of participants who reported ever received preventive EVD messages.