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Volume 24, Number 2—February 2018

Research

Risk Communication and Ebola-Specific Knowledge and Behavior during 2014–2015 Outbreak, Sierra Leone

Maike WintersComments to Author , Mohamed F. Jalloh, Paul Sengeh, Mohammad B. Jalloh, Lansana Conteh, Rebecca Bunnell, Wenshu Li, Zangin Zeebari, and Helena Nordenstedt
Author affiliations: Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden (M. Winters, M.F. Jalloh, Z. Zeebari, H. Nordenstedt); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (M.F. Jalloh, R. Bunnell, W. Li); FOCUS1000, Freetown, Sierra Leone (P. Sengeh, M.B. Jalloh); Ministry of Health and Sanitation Sierra Leone, Freetown (L. Conteh)

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Table 5

Association between information exposure and risk behavior among respondents to Ebola knowledge, attitude, and practice surveys, Sierra Leone, 2014–2015*

Category No. (%) respondents Crude OR 
(95% CI) p value† Adjusted OR‡ (95% CI) p value† Adjusted OR§ (95% CI) p value†
Type of information
Electronic media
Yes 9,894 (94.1) 1.01 (0.84–1.20) 0.955 1.10 (0.92–1.31) 0.300 1.07 (0.89–1.27) 0.480
No 615 (5.9) 1.0 (Reference) 1.0 (Reference) 1.0 (Reference)
Print media
Yes 918 (8.7) 1.10 (0.95–1.28) 0.193 1.03 (0.88–1.20) 0.716 1.03 (0.89–1.20) 0.692
No 9,591 (91.3) 1.0 (Reference) 1.0 (Reference) 1.0 (Reference)
New media
Yes 1,627 (15.5) 1.27 (1.13–1.42) <0.001 1.23 (1.09–1.39) <0.001 1.22 (1.08–1.37) 0.002
No 8,882 (84.5) 1.0 (Reference) 1.0 (Reference) 1.0 (Reference)
Government
Yes 5,011 (47.7) 1.37 (1.26–1.50) <0.001 1.25 (1.14–1.37) <0.001 1.23 (1.12–1.34) <0.001
No 5,498 (52.3) 1.0 (Reference) 1.0 (Reference) 1.0 (Reference)
Community
Yes 6,248 (59.5) 1.47 (1.34–1.61) <0.001 1.37 (1.25–1.51) <0.001 1.34 (1.22–1.47) <0.001
No
4,261 (40.5)
 1.0 (Reference)
1.0 (Reference)
1.0 (Reference)
No. exposures
0–1 source 2,878 (27.4) 1.0 (Reference) 1.0 (Reference) 1.0 (Reference)
2 sources 3,408 (32.5) 1.18 (1.06–1.32) 0.003 1.19 (1.06–1.33) 0.002 1.18 (1.06–1.32) 0.003
3 sources 3,115 (29.6) 1.61 (1.43–1.80) <0.001 1.63 (1.45–1.83) <0.001 1.57 (1.40–1.77) <0.001
4–5 sources 1,108 (10.5) 1.83 (1.57–2.14) <0.001 1.95 (1.66–2.28) <0.001 1.87 (1.59–2.18) <0.001

*OR, odds ratio.
†Wald statistical p value from the multilevel model.
‡Adjusted for region, gender, age, religion, educational level, level of outbreak, and all other information exposures.
§Adjusted for all of the above, plus knowledge and misconceptions.

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