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Table 6 Interactions with Community Health Workers (CHWs) during most recent pregnancy

From: Malaria knowledge and experiences with community health workers among recently pregnant women in Malawi

Indicator

Overall

Nkhata Bay

Ncheu

p-value

N = 370

N = 179

N = 191

Talked with CHWs about ANC or related topic (%)

35.7

30.5

37.2

0.25

 

N = 123

N = 51

N = 72

 

Frequency of interaction with CHW (%)

 Once

47.8

29.5

52.2

0.87

 Twice

26.3

29.9

25.4

 Three times

10.9

17.2

9.4

 Four times

7.7

9.7

7.3

 Five or more times

4.4

2.1

4.8

 Don’t know

2.9

11.5

0.8

Where talked with CHW (%)

 Home visit

42.4

19.9

47.7

0.002

 Health facility

22.4

47.5

16.3

0.02

 Village clinic

21.8

22.1

21.7

0.97

 Outreach clinic

15.8

8.9

17.5

0.13

Topic discussed with CHW (%)

 Diet during pregnancy

38.6

36.8

39.0

0.90

 Plans for delivery

36.1

20.2

39.9

0.09

 When to visit ANC

35.4

50.8

31.7

0.03

 Signs of a problem with my pregnancy

24.0

21.1

24.7

0.76

 Changes to expect in my body

9.3

13.7

8.2

0.34

 Medicines that are safe for pregnancy

8.3

7.8

8.4

0.54

Advice given by CHW (%)

 Sleep under ITN

92.0

95.0

91.0

0.35

 Take IPTp

28.0

33.9

25.9

0.08

 Diet during pregnancy

7.0

4.1

8.0

0.22

 Attend ANC regularly

6.3

8.7

5.4

0.34

 Signs of problem with pregnancy

1.5

4.2

0.6

< 0.0001

 Medicines that are safe for pregnancy

1.4

1.9

1.2

0.56

 Changes to expect in my body

0.4

1.3

0.1

0.01

  1. CHW Community Health Worker, ITN Insecticide-treated Net, ANC antenatal care, IPTp intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy