From: A survey of the knowledge, attitudes and practices on Zika virus in New York City
Total participants (N = 223) | Pregnant | Non-pregnant | ||
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All | Females | Males | ||
m (%) | m (%) | m (%) | m (%) | |
Had heard about Zika prior to taking the survey: (n = 222) | 47 (94%) | 128 (80.5%) | 98 (84.4%) | 28 (70.0%) |
First head about Zika: (n = 189) | ||||
Many years ago | 0 | 9 (6.9%) | 4 (4.0%) | 4 (14.8%) |
Last year | 28 (59.8%) | 62 (47.7%) | 54 (53.5%) | 8 (29.6%) |
In the last few months | 19 (40.4%) | 57 (43.9%) | 41 (40.6%) | 15 (55.6%) |
In the last week | 0 | 2 (1.5%) | 2 (20.%) | 0 |
aFirst heard about Zika from: (n = 190) | ||||
Family, Friends or neighbors | 1 (2.1%) | 28 (16.3%) | 23 (16.4%) | 5 (17.2%) |
Church/ Community event | 0 | 1 (0.6%) | 1 (0.7%) | 0 |
Healthcare workers/Private doctor/ Pharmacy | 6 (12.5%) | 10 (5.8%) | 10 (7.1%) | 0 |
Radio/ TV/ Posters/ Newspapers | 34 (70.8%) | 91 (52.9%) | 72 (51.4%) | 17 (58.6%) |
Internet/ Social media | 17 (35.4%) | 32 (18.6%) | 25 (17.9%) | 6 (20.7%) |
Government announcement | 3 (6.25%) | 10 (5.8%) | 9 (6.4%) | 1 (3.4%) |
Think it is possible to get Zika in their community/local area now: (n = 211) | 28 (57.1%) | 88 (58.3%) | 66 (58.9%) | 22 (57.9%) |
Had heard of Microcephaly before: (n = 218) | 35 (71.4%) | 90 (57.7%) | 69 (60.0%) | 19 (50.0%) |
Had heard of Guillain-Barre Syndrome before: (n = 218) | 16 (33.3%) | 32 (20.4%) | 28 (24.1%) | 4 (10.5%) |
Think they have enough information about Zika: (n = 214) | 24 (51.1%) | 50 (32.3%) | 36 (31.6%) | 13 (34.2%) |
Want more information about Zika: (n = 145) | 21 (84.0%) | 91 (82.7%) | 68 (86.1%) | 22 (75.9%) |
aWould like more information about the: (n = 203) | ||||
Causes of Zika | 21 (44.7%) | 93 (89.4%) | 65 (61.3%) | 27 (73.0%) |
Signs and Symptoms of Zika | 22 (46.8%) | 99 (95.2%) | 75 (70.8%) | 24 (64.9%) |
Zika Prevention | 23 (48.9%) | 99 (95.2%) | 72 (67.9%) | 26 (70.3%) |
Zika Treatment | 23 (48.9%) | 103 (99.0%) | 76 (71.7%) | 27 (73.0%) |
Consequences of having Zika | 19 (40.4%) | 90 (86.5%) | 67 (63.2%) | 23 (62.2%) |