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Table 2 Comparison of correct answers given by pupils of teachers who participated in Training I and II

From: Teachers as multipliers of knowledge about schistosomiasis: a possible approach for health education programmes

Questions

Training Course I (n = 98)

Training Course II (n = 178)

Before

n (%)

After

n (%)

p

Before

n (%)

After

n (%)

p

1. How is schistosomiasis transmitted?

71/98 (72.4)

96/98 (98)

0.0000

152/178 (85.4)

173/178 (97.2)

0.0000

2. What animal transmits schistosomiasis?

36/98 (36.7)

96/98 (98)

0.0000

143/178 (80.3)

174/178 (97.8)

0.0000

3. Where does that animal live?

54/98 (55.1)

97/98 (99)

0.0000

135/178 (75.8)

173/178 (97.2)

0.0000

4. What test do you have to do?

51/98 (52.0)

92/98 (94)

0.0000

154/178 (86.5)

171/178 (96.1)

0.0004

5. Do you go into the water of rivers, streams? *

83/98 (84.7)

82/98 (83.7)

0.8273

143/178 (80.3)

136/178 (76.4)

0.2623

  1. *In the question whether the pupils went into water for any reason, the response “Yes, I do” was considered correct, even though it represented risk behaviour