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Table 2 Carer’s disease knowledge in the Volta and Northern Regions

From: Effectiveness of two community-based strategies on disease knowledge and health behaviour regarding malaria, diarrhoea and pneumonia in Ghana

 

Volta Region

Northern Region

Indicator

N

% (95% CI)a

N

% (95% CI)a

Identifying mosquito as malaria vector

645

96.8 (90.4, 98.9)

626

91.0 (84.5, 94.9)

Identifying at least 2 signs of severe malaria

135

21.9 (13.0, 34.3)

217

28.5 (13.6, 50.2)

Identifying at least 2 practices that can cause diarrhoea

229

35.8 (29.6, 42.5)

394

52.6 (41.2, 63.8)

Identifying at least 2 signs of severe diarrhoea

185

30.3 (21.4, 41.0)

336

47.4 (38.6, 56.3)

Identifying microorganism as cause of respiratory infection

92

21.1 (12.4, 33.6)

246

36.8 (23.4, 52.5)

Identifying vaccination as practice to prevent respiratory infections

5

0.2 (0.01, 3.8)

73

12.0 (9.1, 15.5)

Identifying 2 signs of severe pneumonia

52

8.7 (4.4, 16.5)

184

25.5 (19.7, 32.4)

  1. aWeighted estimates