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Table 3 Knowledge of IPTp by providers

From: Patterns of case management and chemoprevention for malaria-in-pregnancy by public and private sector health providers in Enugu state, Nigeria

Variables

Public n (%) N = 32

Private (n (%) N = 20

Chi2 (p-value)

General knowledge about IPTp

29 (90.6)

20 (100.0)

1.89 (0.28)

Meaning of IPTp

Preventive strategy with ACT

3 (9.4)

2 (10.0)

 

Preventive Strategy with Quinine

0 (0)

1 (5.0)

2.55 (0.47)

Preventive strategy with SP

23 (71.9)

13 (65.0)

 

Preventive strategy that replaced pyrimethamine, chloroquine and paludrine

3 (9.4)

4 (20.0)

 

Knowledge of timing

   

Strongly agree

15 (46.9)

14 (70.0)

9.32 (0.025)

Agree

13 (40.6)

1 (5.0)

 

Disagree

1 (3.1)

3 (15.0)

 

Don’t know

1 (3.1)

1 (5.0)

 

Benefit of direct observation in IPTp

Strongly agree

10 (31.3)

14 (70.0)

 

Agree

10 (31.3)

3 (15.0)

9.15 (0.027)

Indifferent

6 (18.8)

0 (0)

 

Don’t know

6 (18.8)

3 (15.0)

 

Benefits of Health Education to implement

Strongly agree

25 (78.1)

15 (75.0)

0.02 (0.89)

Agree

6 (18.8)

4 (20.0)

 

Usefulness of IPTp

Very useful

14 (43.8)

11 (55.0)

1.04 (0.60)

Useful

13 (40.6)

7 (35.0)

 

Not useful

1 (3.1)

0 (0.0)