Table 3 Knowledge of and response to newborn danger signs and illness episodes of children under age 5Â years by intervention area, Northern Nigeria, 2011
Newborn danger sign knowledge and response type | Control 2011 (%) | Intervention 2011 (%) | p-value (Control vs. Intervention) |
|---|---|---|---|
Knowledge of newborn danger signs | Â | Â | Â |
None Known | 12.3 | 9.2 | 0.0200 |
Known: | Â | Â | Â |
 High fever | 82.7 | 84.2 | 0.3830 |
 Stiff neck, fitting or convulsions | 16.4 | 31.2 | <0.0001 |
 Jaundice | 3.5 | 18.4 | <0.0001 |
 Difficult/fast breathing | 14.2 | 20.6 | <0.0001 |
 Not able to suckle/refuse to feed | 8.3 | 15.6 | <0.0001 |
 Diarrhea/dehydration/sunken soft spot | 20.1 | 30.5 | <0.0001 |
n | 422 | 1,100 | Â |
Observation of danger signs in newborn (<6Â weeks old) | Â | Â | Â |
 High fever | 31.8 | 27.9 | 0.0170 |
 Stiff neck, fitting or convulsions | 6.6 | 5.3 | 0.1440 |
 Swollen stomach | 15.5 | 18.1 | 0.0580 |
 Diarrhea | 16.7 | 19.5 | 0.0450 |
 Difficult/fast breathing | 4.4 | 7.4 | <0.0001 |
 Not able to suckle / refuse to feed | 5.8 | 6.5 | 0.3760 |
n | 729 | 1,576 | Â |
Source of advice on care of sick children | Â | Â | Â |
 Nurse/midwife | 11.4 | 12.1 | 0.9390 |
 CHEW in health post | 10.7 | 18.2 | <0.0001 |
 CHEW in outreach | 3.8 | 5.6 | 0.6400 |
 TBA | 7.7 | 1.9 | 0.1920 |
 Family/ friends | 32.2 | 27.1 | <0.0001 |
 Drug vendor/ chemist | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.0130 |
 Traditional healer/ other | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0460 |
 No one mentioned | 28.3 | 22.5 | 0.3010 |
n | 248 | 579 | Â |
Acute illness episodes in past month, children <5Â years | Â | Â | Â |
 Fever | 24.4 | 28.4 | 0.0370 |
 Diarrhea | 15.4 | 19.4 | 0.0150 |
 Cough | 11.4 | 15.2 | 0.0080 |
 Malnutrition (weight loss) | 11.1 | 15.2 | <0.0001 |
 Fever and cough | 9.0 | 13.2 | <0.0001 |
 Diarrhea and malnutrition | 8.3 | 11.8 | 0.0020 |
n | 729 | 1,576 | Â |