Table 5 Attitudes, perceptions, knowledge and exposure of pregnant women to community services provided by Community Health Workers (CHWs)
Indicator | Overall | Nkata Bay | Ncheu | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 370 | N = 179 | N = 191 | ||
Median # CHWs (range) | 0.8 (0–15) | 1.3 (0–8) | 0.7 (0–15) | 0.009 |
N = 306 | N = 140 | N = 166 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Reported number of CHWs in the village | ||||
0 CHW | 4.8 | 12.3 | 2.9 | 0.009 |
1 CHW | 59.2 | 30.7 | 66.6 | |
2 CHWs | 17.3 | 23.8 | 15.7 | |
N = 278 | N = 123 | N = 155 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Reported female CHWs (%) | 41.9 | 39.2 | 42.5 | 0.82 |
N = 279 | N = 123 | N = 156 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Women that find CHWs helpful (%) | 77.9 | 71.9 | 79.3 | 0.4 |
N = 223 | N = 89 | N = 134 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
What women like about CHWs (%) | ||||
Gives good care | 46.4 | 60.3 | 43.4 | 0.02 |
Easily available | 32.2 | 24.3 | 33.9 | 0.26 |
Close to home | 22.7 | 23.4 | 22.5 | 0.90 |
Understand my community | 14.7 | 19.9 | 13.6 | 0.04 |
Nice personality | 10.0 | 9.4 | 10.1 | 0.89 |
Not expensive | 6.0 | 1.2 | 7.0 | < 0.0001 |
N = 280 | N = 124 | N = 156 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Wanted CHWs improvements (%) | ||||
Improve CHWs accessibility | 40.6 | 41.1 | 40.5 | 0.94 |
Improve supply availability | 15.3 | 13.2 | 15.8 | 0.79 |
Improve village clinic time | 12.1 | 21.2 | 10.0 | 0.04 |
Improve knowledge base | 10.0 | 16.1 | 8.6 | 0.03 |
Improve village clinic location | 7.3 | 14.4 | 5.7 | 0.03 |
N = 280 | N = 124 | N = 156 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Malaria services provided by CHWs (%) | ||||
Advice on using nets | 50.7 | 60.3 | 48.4 | 0.03 |
Malaria treatment | 15.2 | 12.1 | 15.9 | 0.44 |
Advice on seeking malaria treatment | 11.2 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 0.78 |
Rapid test for malaria | 8.8 | 10.1 | 8.5 | 0.79 |
Dispense drugs to prevent malaria | 7.9 | 9.3 | 7.5 | 0.59 |
Referral to ANC | 5.1 | 7.9 | 4.5 | 0.17 |
Advice on obtaining drugs to prevent malaria | 4.7 | 2.4 | 5.3 | 0.19 |
None | 17.4 | 12.8 | 18.4 | 0.39 |
Issues CHWs has helped with (%) | ||||
Nothing | 31.8 | 32.6 | 31.6 | 0.89 |
Malaria | 25.8 | 42.7 | 21.9 | 0.01 |
Diarrhoea/vomiting | 15.7 | 8.9 | 17.2 | 0.003 |
Water/sanitation | 14.1 | 14.6 | 14.0 | 0.90 |
Nutrition | 12.7 | 3.4 | 14.9 | 0.009 |
Vaccines/mass treatment | 9.1 | 4.4 | 10.2 | 0.03 |
Pregnancy | 8.5 | 9.1 | 8.3 | 0.83 |
Education | 6.3 | 1.8 | 7.4 | 0.16 |
Family planning | 6.2 | 14.4 | 4.3 | < 0.0001 |
Pneumonia/lower respiratory tract infection | 2.6 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 0.05 |
Muscle pains | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.25 |