Table 5 |
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Comparison of knowledge and practice between households with and without community health workers in the district of Djenné, Mali. |
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Knowledge and health practices of households |
Household without support from a community heath worker † n = 78 * |
Household with support from a community heath worker n = 323* |
P value ± |
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Number |
% |
Number |
% |
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Correct Treatment of child fevera |
60 |
76.9 |
293 |
90.7 |
< 0.001 |
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Correct Treatment of child diarrhoea |
5 |
6.4 |
42 |
13.0 |
0.104 |
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Use of oxytetracycline |
32 |
41.0 |
79 |
24.5 |
0.003 |
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Knowledge of drug doses |
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- Correct for chloroquine |
16 |
20.5 |
69 |
21.6 |
0.839 |
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- Correct for paracetamol |
34 |
43.6 |
145 |
44.9 |
0.835 |
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Possession of household health kit |
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Yes |
10 |
12.8 |
37 |
11.5 |
0.750 |
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Presence of paracetamol in house |
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Yes |
5 |
6.4 |
37 |
11.5 |
0.192 |
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Presence of chloroquine in house |
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Yes |
5 |
6.4 |
68 |
21.1 |
0.002 |
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Presence of oral rehydration solutions in household |
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Yes |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0.9 |
0.522 |
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Presence of over the counter drugs |
2 |
2.6 |
16 |
5.0 |
0.542 |
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Bed net |
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- Presence |
51 |
65.4 |
264 |
81.7 |
0.001 |
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- Being used (n = 264) |
25 |
51.0 |
191 |
79.9 |
< 0.001 |
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- Impregnated (n = 264) |
10 |
20.4 |
54 |
21.5 |
0.863 |
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Iodized salt |
71 |
95.9 |
305 |
99.3 |
0.050 |
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Community health worker survey, April 2006 † These are households that were found to have no CHW support even though this was planned. They were used as a control group * Totals may not sum to n = 78 and n = 323 due to missing observations; ± missing data not included in the calculation; a Correct = cloroquine plus paracetamol |
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Perez et al. BMC International Health and Human Rights 2009 9:28 doi:10.1186/1472-698X-9-28 |
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