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Table 1 Household reported cue to action in response to severe malaria

From: The five continuum of care criteria that should accompany rectal artesunate interventions: lessons learned from an implementation study in Malawi

Cue to action

Exposed n = 173

Unexposed n = 55

Comparison p value

Exposed

Unexposed

Comparison p value

#

%

#

%

 

#

%

#

%

 

Posters and pictures mounted in the village/my community

97

56.1

50

90.9

 < 0.001

158

95.8

18

32.7

 < 0.001

Knowledge of availability of medicine for danger signs at the VHC

51

30.0

9

16.4

 < 0.001

96

58.2

53

96.4

 < 0.001

The death of a child from malaria/danger signs in the village

86

50.0

8

14.6

 < 0.001

109

66.1

51

92.7

 < 0.001