Knowledge and practice of health extension workers on drug provision for childhood illness in west Gojjam, Amhara, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 3 Knowledge of HEWs on drug provision in West Gojjam, Amhara, Ethiopia, 2016

Questions		Number	Percent
Child hood illness drug dose prescribe based on	Yes	297	83.7
Child hood illness drug dose prescribe based on	No	58	16.3
Vaccine given at birth	Yes	351	98.9
Vaccine given at birth	No	4	1.1
Vaccine given orally for childhood	Yes	350	98.6
Vaccine given orally for childhood	No	5	1.4
First line treatment for uncomplicated Vivax malaria	Yes	340	95.8
First line treatment for uncomplicated Vivax malaria	No	15	4.2
Treatment for a child < 5 years with acute pneumonia	Yes	292	82.3
Treatment for a child < 5 years with acute pneumonia	No	63	17.7
Did you know that anti-malaria drugs have side effect	Yes	220	62.0
Did you know that anti-malaria drugs have side effect	No	135	38.0
Side effect of anti-malaria drugs	Yes	140	39.4
Side effect of anti-malaria drugs	No	215	60.6
Concepts of rational drug use	Yes	264	74.4
Concepts of rational drug use	No	91	25.6
What do you mean by Integrated management of neonatal and child hood illness (ICCM) mean?	Yes	275	77.5
	No	80	22.5
What do you mean by Integrated pharmaceutical Logistics System(IPLS)	Yes	202	56.9
	No	153	43.1
*Overall Score*	*God*	204	57.5
*Overall Score*	*Poor*	151	42.5

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