Urban respondents were about twice more likely to be
knowledgeable about IRS than their counterparts in the
rural setting. There are several possible explanations for
this. People in urban settings tend to have more access
to information through mass media, such as radio, television
and health promotion campaigns. A recent demographic
health survey indicated that 75% of urban
households in Uganda own a radio, compared to 58% of
rural households. Radio is an important source of health
information in Uganda and most respondents in this
study cited radio as their source of information. Urban
residents are also likely to be more educated and therefore
able to quickly access information about IRS as
compared to those in the rural areas [8]. Correspondingly,
this study found that higher education level is a
predictor for being knowledgeable about IRS. Health
workers were the other significant source of information
about IRS, but community members or peers as sources
of information were negatively associated with being
knowledgeable about IRS, since mass mobilization and
education in these communities had not commenced.