Understanding the failure of a behavior change intervention to reduce risk behaviors for avian influenza transmission among backyard poultry raisers in rural Bangladesh: a focused ethnography

Table 4 Reported preventive practices for handling sick poultry by informants before vs after intervention, Rajshahi and Chittagong villages, Bangladesh, 2009

Reported preventive practices	Before intervention		After intervention
Reported preventive practices	n^a/N^b	(%)	n^a/N^b	(%)
Separated sick poultry from healthy poultry/humans	22/27	(81)	25/33	(76)
Did not sell/buy sick poultry	10/20	(50)	9/22	(41)
Buried carcasses or offal/blood of sick poultry	8/46	(17)	16/45	(36)
Did not consume/slaughter sick poultry	2/42	(5)	7/49	(14)
Cleaned site/tools after slaughtering sick poultry	5/8	(62)	8/13	(62)
Washed hand with soap after slaughtering/handling sick/dead poultry	3/9	(33)	6/16	(38)
Covered nose/mouth while slaughtering/handling sick/dead poultry	0	(0)	2/14	(14)
Kept children away	0	(0)	0	(0)

^an = Number of interviews where villagers reported practicing the specific method as a preventive measure
^bN = Total numbers of interviews with individuals to explore each topic (mentioned in Table 1)

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