Vendor-to-vendor education to improve malaria treatment by private drug outlets in Bungoma District, Kenya

Malaria Journal

Table 4 Malaria knowledge score* (and standard deviation) by programme status and type of outlet

	Informed outlets (n = 101)	Control outlets (n = 151)	All outlets (n = 252)	p-value**
Shop/Kiosk	8.8	7.0	7.7	.000
	(1.6)	(1.6)	(1.9)
Pharmacy/Chemist	8.6	7.5	8.2	.000
	(1.1)	(1.5)	(1.4)
Clinic	7.8	7.6	7.7	.685
	(1.6)	(1.4)	(1.5)
Total	8.7	7.1	7.6	.000
	(1.5)	(1.6)	(1.8)

*The score was based on a 10-question true/false quiz administered to each outlet, with 10 as maximum score. The questions focused malaria treatment practices, such as whether sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) is more effective than chloroquine, whether SP is too strong for children, whether SP is a single-dose treatment, etc. **From ANOVA F-test.

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