Table 5.

Comparison of knowledge and practice between households with and without community health workers in the district of Djenné, Mali.

Knowledge and health practices of households	Household without support from a community heath worker † n = 78 *		Household with support from a community heath worker n = 323*		P value ±
	Number	%	Number	%
Correct Treatment of child fevera	60	76.9	293	90.7	< 0.001
Correct Treatment of child diarrhoea	5	6.4	42	13.0	0.104
Use of oxytetracycline	32	41.0	79	24.5	0.003
Knowledge of drug doses
- Correct for chloroquine	16	20.5	69	21.6	0.839
- Correct for paracetamol	34	43.6	145	44.9	0.835
Possession of household health kit
Yes	10	12.8	37	11.5	0.750
Presence of paracetamol in house
Yes	5	6.4	37	11.5	0.192
Presence of chloroquine in house
Yes	5	6.4	68	21.1	0.002
Presence of oral rehydration solutions in household
Yes	0	0	3	0.9	0.522
Presence of over the counter drugs	2	2.6	16	5.0	0.542
Bed net
- Presence	51	65.4	264	81.7	0.001
- Being used (n = 264)	25	51.0	191	79.9	< 0.001
- Impregnated (n = 264)	10	20.4	54	21.5	0.863
Iodized salt	71	95.9	305	99.3	0.050

Community health worker survey, April 2006

† These are households that were found to have no CHW support even though this was planned. They were used as a control group

* Totals may not sum to n = 78 and n = 323 due to missing observations; ± missing data not included in the calculation;

^a Correct = cloroquine plus paracetamol