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Table 1 Unsafe, safe, and neither unsafe nor safe behaviors toward explosive devices (EDs) among participants in a household knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) survey—Colombia, 2012

From: Risk factors for unsafe behaviors toward grenades among rural populations affected by explosive devices in Colombia

UNSAFE BEHAVIORS

 Placed some kind of sign to warn the community (like a bundle of straw or a branch cross)

 Ignored the device (except in cases where participant ignored it because the military had it)

 Did not leave

 Did not tell an authority or another person

 Approached the device

 Played with the device

 Threw salt at the device

 Threw something else at the device

 Opened the device

 Picked the device up

 Disactivated the device

 Hit the device with a stick or another object

 Moved the device

 Kicked the device

 Stepped on the device

 Burned the device

 Threw the device in water

 Touched the device or handled it but did not move it

SAFE BEHAVIORS

 Told an authority or another person

 Left

 Returned trying to follow his/her tracks

 Did not play with the device

 Did not throw salt at the device

 Did not throw other things at the device

 Did not open the device

 Did not pick the device up

 Did not hit the device with a stick or other object

 Did not move the device

 Did not kick the device

 Did not step on the device

 Did not burn the device

 Did not throw the device in water

 Did not touch or handle the device

 Did not approach the device

NEITHER SAFE NOR UNSAFE BEHAVIORS

 Ignored the device because the military had it

 Took a look but did not touch or handle the device

 Did not take a look but did not touch or handle the device

 Did not place some kind of sign to warn the community (like a bundle of straw or a branch cross)

 Did not return trying to follow his/her tracks

 Other