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    Comparison of Three Health Education Methods in Increasing the Knowledge about Malaria.
    (Addis Ababa University, 1994-05) Yusu Hassen; Dennis Carlson
    This study was conducted in Adamitulu woreda, Ethiopia, from September 1993 to January 1994 . The general objective of the study was to determine the effectiveness and efficiency of three health education methods in increasing the' knowledge of the community about the symptoms. cause, transmission. treatment and prevention of malaria. The base line survey of the study population revealed that there is a profound lack of knowledge about malaria. 70%. of the study population mentioned one or more symptoms of malaria: no one knew the cause of malaria : on l y 8% of the respondents responded that mosquitoes transmit ma l aria; 92% o f them believed that malaria i s not preventable; and 93.3% said t hat malaria has modern treatment. Three health education met hods: drama. house-to-house conversation and school teaching, each supplemented with leaflets, were implemented 'in an effort to increase the awareness of the study community about malaria. After three months o f intervention period, the post-test result showed that there was a significant increase in all the knowledge item s about mal a ria. finally. the most effective and the efficient health education method was found to be the house-to-ho use conversation.