Table 3 Knowledge and acceptability of RAS over 3 household survey rounds: % (95%CI)
DRC | Nigeria | Uganda | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PRE-RAS 2018 | POST RAS 2019 | POST RAS 2020 | PRE-RAS 2018 | POST RAS 2019 | POST RAS 2020 | PRE-RAS 2018 | POST RAS 2019 | POST RAS 2020 | |
(N = 926) | (N = 947) | (N = 597) | (N = 1018) | (N = 1386) | (N = 1399) | (N = 1019) | (N = 1020) | (N = 1020) | |
Caregiver has heard of RAS before | |||||||||
Yes | 11.1 (9.2,13.3) | 30.9 (27.9,33.9) | 62.1 (58.1,66.1) | 1.4 (0.7,2.6) | 8.4 (6.3,11.0) | 15.8 (13.2,18.8) | 6.3 (4.6,8.5) | 16.9 (13.1,21.6) | 47.0 (42.3,51.7) |
Caregiver’s child (< 5 years) has received RAS before | |||||||||
Yes | 0.2 (0.0,0.8) | 1.8 (1.0,2.9) | 4.8 (3.2,6.9) | 0.0 (0.0,0.4) | 0.8 (0.4,1.4) | 1.2 (0.7,2.0) | 0.9 (0.5,1.7) | 3.1 (2.2,4.3) | 5.3 (3.2,8.6) |
Caregiver has concerns giving rectal artesunate to their child | |||||||||
Yes | 13.7 (11.6,16.1) | 11.7 (9.7,13.9) | 5.4 (3.7,7.5) | n/a | 2.5 (1.7,3.6) | 2.4 (1.6,3.6) | 3.5 (2.3,5.3) | 1.3 (0.7,2.6) | 1.1 (0.5,2.3) |
Don't know | 18.4 (15.9,21.0) | 28.1 (25.3,31.1) | 11.2 (8.8,14.1) | n/a | 17.1 (14.8,19.7) | 3.2 (2.3,4.5) | 13.3 (10.6,16.4) | 8.8 (6.6,11.7) | 8.5 (6.7,10.7) |
Caregiver thinks RAS is useful | |||||||||
Yes | 78.2 (75.4,80.8) | 67.4 (64.3,70.4) | 77.3 (73.8,80.7) | n/a | 77.9 (75.1,80.4) | 80.1 (77.4,82.5) | 72.4 (67.3,76.9) | 79.1 (75.1,82.6) | 87.5 (84.8,89.8) |
Don't know | 17.8 (15.4,20.4) | 28.1 (25.3,31.1) | 16.8 (13.9,20.0) | n/a | 20.7 (18.2,23.4) | 15.2 (13.1,17.6) | 23.4 (19.1,28.4) | 11.5 (9.6,13.8) | 9.5 (7.7,11.7) |