Table 2.
Preferences for different providers for the provision of near and appropriate treatment before and after implementation of CHW strategy
| Before implementation of CHW | Intervention villages N = 600 n (%) |
Comparison villages N = 600 n (%) |
Chi-square |
| Self-treatment at home | 68 (11.3) | 135 (22.5) | 26.2*** |
| Community health workers | 315 (52.5) | 283 (47.2) | 3.74* |
| Education to mothers to self-treat | 35 (5.8) | 29 (4.8) | 0.63 |
| Treatment in primary health centers | 72 (12.0) | 82 (13.7) | 0.69 |
| Train patent medicine dealers (drug sellers) | 28 (4.7) | 2 (0.3) | 23.14*** |
| Hospitals | 49 (8.2) | 22 (3.7) | 11.05*** |
| Others (including herbalists) | 3 (0.5) | 7 (1.2) | 1.59 |
| After implementation of CHW | N = 300 | N = 300 | |
| Self-treatment at home | 17 (5.7) | 20 (6.7) | 0.28 |
| Communityd health workers | 209 (69.7) | 121 (40.3) | 48.45*** |
| Education to mothers to self-treat | 9 (3.0) | 31 (10.3) | 13.0*** |
| Treatment in primary health centers | 41 (13.7) | 75 (25.0) | 10.7*** |
| Train patent medicine dealers (drug sellers) | 1 (0.3 | 40 (13.3) | 40.04*** |
| Hospitals | 15 (5.0) | 8 (2.7) | 2.16 |
| Others | 8 (2.7) | 2 (0.7) | 3.70* |
Note: * = p < .10; ** = p < .05; *** = p < .01