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Table 5 Observed preventive practices for handling sick poultry before vs. after intervention, Rajshahi and Chittagong villages, Bangladesh, 2009

From: 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

Observed practices

Before intervention n/Na

After intervention n/Na

Sick poultry were kept:

 Separate from healthy poultry and humans (recommended)

0/3

0/2

 Separate from healthy poultry

2/3

1/2

 Together with healthy poultry/humans

1/3

1/2

Sold/bought sick poultry

0/0

2/2

Carcasses of sick poultry were:

 Buried under soil (recommended)

0/3

0/3

 Thrown in open place/water body

33

3/3

Consumed/slaughtered sick poultry

3/6

4/8

Sick poultry slaughtering site was:

 Covered blood with ash/dust and then scraped off and buried the soil (recommended)

0/3

0/4

 Poured water on blood

2/3

2/4

 Not cleaned

1/3

2/4

Sick poultry slaughtering tools were:

 Washed with soap or soda or ash (recommended)

0/3

0/4

 Rinsed with water

2/3

1/4

 Not cleaned

1/3

3/4

Offal/blood of sick poultry was:

 Buried under soil (recommended)

1/3

0/4

 Thrown in open place/water body

2/3

4/4

Hands after slaughtering/handling sick/dead poultry were:

 Washed with soap (recommended)

1/6

1/9

 Rinsed with water

5/6

6/9

 No handwashing

0/6

2/9

Nose/mouth while slaughtering/handling sick/dead poultry were:

 Covered with a piece of cloth (recommended)

0/6

0/9

 Not covered

6/6

9/9

Children were:

 Kept away from slaughtering site (recommended)

0/3

0/4

 Present in slaughtering site

3/3

4/4

  1. an = Number of sessions where villagers were observed to perform practices mentioned in the first column
  2. N = Total number of opportunities to observe the practices pertinent to each topic (mentioned in Table 1)