Table 1

Core messages of audio dramas by intervention group

Episode	Group A: Plausible Alternative	Group B: Avoiding Misinformation
1. Disease	People think there is a disease called typhoid-malaria, but these are two different diseases.	You can get typhoid by itself, without having other diseases.
2. Cause	Typhoid is not caused by mosquitoes, but by contaminated water and food.	Typhoid is caused by contaminated water and food.
3. Prevention	Sleeping under a bednet helps prevent malaria but does not help prevent typhoid. Good hygiene, drinking treated water and cooking food properly help prevent typhoid.	Prevent yourself from getting typhoid by cooking your food properly and drinking only treated water.
4. Repetition	Repetition of core messages of episodes 1–3.	Repetition of core messages in episodes 1–3.