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Table 5 Factors associated with community awareness-raising activities for malaria prevention

From: Determining the active role of microscopists in community awareness-raising activities for malaria prevention: a cross-sectional study in Palawan, the Philippines

Variables

r

Pearson’s correlation

p- value

Socio-demographic status

  

  API

0.09

0.303

  Age

−0.02

0.856

  Household wealth

0.70

0.435

  Duration of work as microscopist

−0.12

0.197

  Distance from home to nearest health center

−0.19

0.035*

Service quality

0.21

0.035*

  Active detection

0.17

0.064

  Diagnosis and treatment

0.19

0.030*

  Prescription of anti-malarials

0.01

0.883

  Follow-up

0.11

0.204

Self-preventive measures against malaria

0.16

0.067

Ability in malaria microscopy

0.27

0.003**

  Preparation and documentation

0.26

0.003**

  Slide preparation and observation

0.17

0.055

  Knowledge on the morphology of infected RBCs

0.16

0.073

  Safe handling

0.09

0.343

Knowledge on malaria

0.00

0.980

  Malaria symptoms

0.09

0.328

  Malaria transmission

−0.19

0.034*

  Vector species

0.04

0.679

  Vector’s most active time

0.25

0.004**

Job satisfaction

  

  General job satisfaction

0.92

0.031*

  Intrinsic job satisfaction

0.15

0.095

  Extrinsic job satisfaction

0.20

0.027*

  1. *Significant place of assignment difference (0.01 < p < 0.05), **Significant place of assignment difference (0.001 < p < 0.01), ***Significant place of assignment difference (p < 0.001). API, annual parasite index.