Table 3 Context-specific risks and knowledge of trachoma and its transmission among study participants (n = 632) for improved F&E trachoma control practices at Southern Ethiopia
Variables | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Ever heard about trachoma | ||
Yes | 500 | 79.1 |
No | 132 | 20.9 |
Trachoma causes blindness | ||
Yes | 440 | 69.6 |
No | 192 | 30.4 |
Trachoma is transmitted from person to person by | ||
Flies | 446 | 70.6 |
Eye rubbing by contaminated fingers | 428 | 67.7 |
Sharing a towel or washcloth | 288 | 45.6 |
Sharing Shawls, towels, bedsheets, and pillows | 142 | 22.5 |
Others(other insects, unknown, water) | 20 | 3.2 |
Signs of Trachoma on infected child | ||
Red eyes | 416 | 65.8 |
Eye rashes/scarring eyelid | 390 | 61.7 |
Watery/discharging nose | 264 | 41.8 |
Poor vision/impairment/blindness | 126 | 19.9 |
Don’t know | 20 | 3.2 |