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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 7

Association between level of outbreak, knowledge, and behavior among respondents to Ebola knowledge, attitude, and practice surveys, Sierra Leone, 2014–2015*

Level of outbreak No. (%) Crude OR (95% CI) p value† Adjusted OR 1‡ (95% CI) p value† Adjusted OR 2§ (95% CI) p value†
Association between level of outbreak and knowledge
Before peak 1,095 (10.4) 1.0 (Reference) 1.0 (Reference) 1.0 (Reference)
Peak 1,399 (13.3) 1.46 (1.23–1.72) <0.001 1.26 (1.06–1.50) 0.008 1.31 (1.10–1.56) 0.002
After peak 6,995 (66.6) 2.06 (1.80–2.36) <0.001 1.68 (1.46–1.93) <0.001 1.83 (1.59–2.11) <0.001
No transmission
 1,020 (9.7)
 1.73 (1.42–2.10)
 <0.001
 1.38 (1.13–1.69)
 0.002
 1.51 (1.23–1.86)
 <0.001
Association between level of outbreak and protective behavior
Before peak 1,095 (10.4) 1.0 (Reference) 1.0 (Reference) 1.0 (Reference)
Peak 1,399 (13.3) 1.35 (1.14–1.61) 0.001 1.18 (0.98–1.41) 0.077 1.20 (0.98–1.43) 0.054
After peak 6,995 (66.6) 1.67 (1.45–1.92) <0.001 1.38 (1.19–1.60) <0.001 1.46 (1.26–1.69) <0.001
No transmission
 1,020 (9.7)
 1.50 (1.23–1.82)
 <0.001
 1.08 (0.87–1.34)
 0.470
 1.14 (0.92–1.42)
 0.229
Association between level of outbreak and misconceptions
Before peak 1,095 (10.4) 1.0 (Reference) 1.0 (Reference) 1.0 (Reference)
Peak 1,399 (13.3) 0.78 (0.66–0.93) 0.004 0.77 (0.65–0.92) 0.004 0.76 (0.64–0.91) 0.003
After peak 6,995 (66.6) 1.13 (0.98–1.30) 0.104 1.03 (0.89–1.20) 0.668 1.00 (0.86–1.16) 0.994
No transmission
 1,020 (9.7)
 1.64 (1.33–2.02)
 <0.001
 1.48 (1.20–1.83)
 <0.001
 1.42 (1.15–1.76)
 0.001
Association between level of outbreak and risk behavior
Before peak 1,095 (10.4) 1.0 (Reference) 1.0 (Reference) 1.0 (Reference)
Peak 1,399 (13.3) 1.75 (1.47–2.08) <0.001 1.72 (1.44–2.05) <0.001 1.71 (1.43–2.04) <0.001
After peak 6,995 (66.6) 1.67 (1.45–1.92) <0.001 1.52 (1.31–1.75) <0.001 1.48 (1.28–1.71) <0.001
No transmission 1,020 (9.7) 1.50 (1.23–1.82) <0.001 1.33 (1.09–1.62) 0.005 1.28 (1.05–1.56) 0.017

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

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