Volume 17, Number 11—November 2011
THEME ISSUE
CHOLERA IN HAITI
Dispatch
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Related to Treatment and Prevention of Cholera, Haiti, 2010
Valery E.M. Beau De Rochars
, Julie Tipret, Molly Patrick, Lara Jacobson, Kamil E. Barbour, David Berendes, Diana Bensyl, Cathie Frazier, Jean W. Domercant, Roodly Archer, Thierry Roels, Jordan W. Tappero, and Thomas Handzel
, Julie Tipret, Molly Patrick, Lara Jacobson, Kamil E. Barbour, David Berendes, Diana Bensyl, Cathie Frazier, Jean W. Domercant, Roodly Archer, Thierry Roels, Jordan W. Tappero, and Thomas Handzel
Table 1
Drinking water sources and treatment before and after cholera outbreak, as reported by survey respondents, Port au Prince, Haiti, 2010*
| Source or treatment |
Before outbreak
|
After outbreak
| |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. yes/total no. respondents | Weighted % (95% CI) | No. yes/total no. respondents | Weighted % (95% CI) | ||
| Water source | |||||
| Piped public kiosk | 122/396 | 32.5 (21.3–43.7) | 84/391 | 21.5 (10.5–32.5) | |
| Piped in house | 101/396 | 26.9 (15.1–38.7) | 57/391 | 15.1 (7.9–22.2) | |
| Private kiosk | 129/396 | 26.8 (18.7–34.9) | 203/391 | 47.6 (36.2–58.9) | |
| Tank filled by truck | 11/396 | 4.4 (0–8.6) | 12/391 | 5.1 (0.8–9.4) | |
| Bladder | 3/396 | 0.6 (0–1.2) | 8/391 | 3.2 (0–8.0) | |
| Other source | 7/396 | 1.3 (0–3.3) | 7/391 | 1.9 (0–3.9) | |
| Treated water (any method) | 130/405 (30.3) | 30.3 (22.1–38.4) | 307/405 | 73.9 (67.2–80.6) | |
| Method of treatment† | |||||
| Water purification tablets | 79.119 (66.6) | 66.6 (52.8–80.4) | 259/301 | 86.1 (80.2–92.0) | |
| Bleach | 76.132 (57.7) | 57.7 (47.6–67.8) | 174/347 | 50.1 (36.2–64.1) | |
| Boiling | 11/162 (6.8) | 6.8 (2.9–10.7) | 25/385 | 6.5 (3.4–9.6) | |
| PuR, Gadyen Dlo, or Dlo Lavi | 0 | NA | 1/333 | 0.3 (0–0.8) | |
| Other answer | 4/160 (2.5) | 2.5 (0–5.5) | 2/100 |
2.0 (1.3–3.3)
*CI, confidence interval; NA, not applicable. Sampling weights are according to population size. Before and after data were collected at 1 time point. | |
*CI, confidence interval; NA, not applicable. Sampling weights are according to population size. Before and after data were collected at 1 time point.
†Respondents selected >1 method of water purification.
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