Table 8 Explanatory models of Ebola Virus Disease from FGDs
EVD domains | HS group | OF group | AM group | RF group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cause | Germ | Punishment for sins | Greed | Germ |
Transmission | Contact with infected body fluids/ animals | Eating bush meat | Sexual intercourse | Eating bush meat, contact with infected body fluids |
Treatment | Medical hospital, local herbalist, | no recurrent theme | Local herbalist, medical hospital | Local herbalist |
Burial of victims | To be done by healthcare personnel | Opposed to cremation | No to burial rites but opposed to cremation | To be done by government. Opposed to cremation |
Prevention during outbreak | Stopped eating bush meat, used salt water | Salt water | Salt water | Salt water |
Prevention post-outbreak | None. Resumed eating bush meat | None. ‘God’ protects | Protected intercourse | None. ‘God’ protects |