Snakebite Prevention and First Aid Knowledge Survey Data from Rural Bangladesh

Rural Bangladesh survey data evaluating a community-based intervention for snakebite prevention. The dataset includes baseline and endline survey results measuring changes in knowledge and practices, with a file size of 10.5 MB. It was authored by M. A. Faiz and last updated on 2026-05-18.

Use Cases

• Evaluate the impact of community engagement on health knowledge based on reported changes in preventive and first aid knowledge.
• Analyze the effectiveness of culturally tailored education on health practices based on the reported increase in positive practices.
• Model the relationship between health literacy interventions and disease incidence based on the reported reduction in snakebite rates.
• Compare intervention and control group outcomes for a quasi-experimental study design described in the methodology.

Strengths

• Includes specific outcome metrics such as knowledge improvement from 9.2% to 12% and first aid knowledge increase from 50% to 73%.
• Reports a significant reduction in snakebite incidence, with a 43.4% drop in the intervention area.
• Data is shared under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, facilitating reuse and redistribution.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for certain analyses.
• The description lacks details on the specific survey questions or variable definitions.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author M. A. Faiz

Collection Method

Quasi-experimental study using baseline and endline surveys in two rural sub-districts.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 17:35:24; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Rural Bangladesh, specifically two sub-districts.