Table 3 Community risk and awareness assessment among dwellers of selected towns, west Oromia, Ethiopia, Aug 2020, (n=436)
Variables and description | Number | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
Household (HH) members traveling from place to place | Yes | 109 | 25.0 |
No | 327 | 75.0 | |
Presence of healthcare workers in the HH | Yes | 40 | 9.2 |
No | 396 | 90.8 | |
Presence of highly mobile individual in the HH | Yes | 135 | 31.0 |
No | 301 | 69.0 | |
High-risk individuals in HHs | Yes | 115 | 26.4 |
No | 321 | 73.6 | |
Perceived level of risk of contracting COVID-19 | High | 179 | 41.1 |
Medium | 107 | 24.5 | |
Low | 134 | 31.7 | |
Do not Know | 16 | 3.7 | |
Visited by health extension workers (HEWs) | Yes | 127 | 29.1 |
No | 309 | 70.9 | |
Frequency of visit by HEW | Once | 77 | 60.6 |
Twice | 38 | 29.9 | |
Three or more times | 12 | 9.4 | |
Ever heard about COVID-19 | Yes | 428 | 98.2 |
No | 8 | 1.8 | |
Source of information about COVID-19 | Television/radio | 420 | 96.3 |
Social media | 271 | 62.2 | |
Health professionals | 208 | 47.7 | |
Religious leaders | 141 | 32.3 | |
Community leaders | 129 | 29.6 | |
Family members | 98 | 22.5 | |
What do you know about COVID-19; | Do not know anything | 38 | 8.7 |
It’s a virus that can cause a disease | 389 | 89.2 | |
It’s a government’s program | 2 | 0.5 | |
It’s a TV/radio campaign | 2 | 0.5 | |
Other* | 5 | 1.1 | |
Information gained | Protection methods | 402 | 92.2 |
Symptoms | 384 | 88.1 | |
Transmission ways | 366 | 83.9 | |
Actions to be taken when contract COVID-19 | 258 | 59.2 | |
How dangerous COVID-19 is; | Very dangerous | 353 | 81.0 |
Almost dangerous | 72 | 16.5 | |
Is not dangerous | 7 | 1.5 | |
Other** | 4 | 0.9 | |
Possibility to be infected by COVID-19 | Yes | 287 | 65.8 |
No | 122 | 28.0 | |
Don´t know | 27 | 6.2 | |