Volume 11, Number 11—November 2005
Dispatch
Evaluation of West Nile Virus Education Campaign
Table 1
Comparison of respondents' knowledge and behavior about West Nile virus (WNV) protective measures*
WNV personal protective measures | % of respondents who knew specific WNV personal protective measures | % of respondents who took specific WNV or mosquito-bite protective measures in past week |
---|---|---|
Use repellent | 47.2 | 27.5† |
Use DEET repellent | 21.3 | 17.6 |
Wear long clothes | 26.6 | 36.9† |
Eliminate standing water | 34.3 | 54.1† |
Repair window screens | .6 | 33.0† |
Other measures‡ | 59.2 | NA |
*DEET, N, N-diethyl-meta-toluamide; NA, not available.
†p<0.001, chi-square test.
‡Mostly general mosquito avoidance.