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Table 1 Main outcomes and indicators

From: Effects of community health volunteers on infectious diseases of children under five in Volta Region, Ghana: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

Indicator (%) (Denominators are within the respondents of the household survey)

Use of ORS among under-5 children with diarrhea

Numerator

Number of U5Ca who took ORSb when experiencing diarrhea over the past 7 days

Denominator

Number of U5C who experienced diarrhea in the past 7 days

Prevalence of diarrhea in under-5 children

Numerator

Number of U5C who experienced diarrhea in the past 7 days

Denominator

Number of U5C

Diagnosis rate of malaria in under-5 children using an RDT

Numerator

U5C diagnosed with RDT for malaria in the last 2 weeks

Denominator

U5C who have complained of fever in the last 2 weeks

Malaria incidence in under-5 children

Numerator

U5C who have complained of fever in the last 2 weeks

Denominator

Number of U5C

  1. a U5C under-5 children, b ORS oral rehydration solution