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Table 3 Measures describing potential and reported intervention exposure by study arm

From: Effectiveness of an integrated multilevel early child development intervention on caregiver knowledge and behavior: a quasi-experimental evaluation of the Malezi program in Tanzania

 

Baseline (n = 1004)

Endline (n = 1004)

RM only (n = 484)

RMV-ECD

(n = 520)

p-value

RM only (n = 484)

RMV-ECD

(n = 520)

p-value

N (%)

 

N (%)

 

Radio access

None

279 (55.8)

226 (43.5)

<.0001

238 (49.2)

139 (26.7)

<.0001

Outside household

19 (3.9)

46 (8.8)

 

44 (9.1)

86 (16.5)

Within household

195 (40.3)

248 (47.7)

 

202 (41.7)

295 (56.7)

Malezi intervention radio message recalla

Not heard

   

219 (45.3)

132 (25.4)

<.0001

Heard but cannot recall content

   

23 (4.7)

27 (5.2)

Heard and recalled content

   

242 (50.0)

361 (69.4)

Frequency heard radio message

Daily

   

81 (36.7)

88 (26.0)

0.056

Weekly

   

66 (29.9)

110 (32.6)

Monthly

   

45 (20.3)

88 (26.0)

< Monthly

   

29 (13.1)

52 (15.4)

Unknown

   

44 (−-)

50 (−-)

Last CHW visit

Never

557 (94.4)

460 (88.5)

0.002

470 (97.1)

28 (5.4)

<.0001

3+ months ago

10 (2.1)

11 (2.1)

 

9 (1.9)

97 (18.7)

1–3 months ago

11 (2.3)

33 (6.3)

 

4 (0.8)

208 (40.0)

< 1 month ago

6 (1.2)

16 (3.1)

 

1 (0.2)

187 (36.0)

Exposure to video ever, in home or facility

No

    

66 (12.7)

 

Yes

    

454 (87.3)

Exposure to videos in the home

Never

    

79 (15.2)

 

3+ months ago

    

135 (25.9)

1–3 months ago

    

146(28.1)

< 1 month ago

    

160 (30.8)

Exposure to videos in the facility

Never

    

302 (58.1)

 

3+ months ago

    

78 (15.0)

1–3 months ago

    

58 (11.1)

< 1 month ago

    

82 (15.8)

  1. aFor subsequent analyses, exposure to radio messaging reclassified as not heard (0) vs. heard (1 = recall or not) due to small numbers in the heard/no recall category