Table 1.
Awareness and utilization of printed IEC materials among health workers, South West Ethiopia, June, 2009.
| Characteristics | Frequency | Percent | |
| Awareness about IEC materials (N=303) | |||
| Poster | 244 | 80.5 | |
| Flip charts | 198 | 65.3 | |
| Leaflets | 168 | 55.4 | |
| Cards | 26 | 8.6 | |
| Others | 18 | 5.9 | |
| Print IEC materials are important | 285 | 94.1 | |
| Ever used IEC materials | 206 | 68.0 | |
| How often used IEC materials (N=206) | |||
| Always | 67 | 32.5 | |
| Occasionally | 139 | 67.5 | |
| Commonly used IEC materials | |||
| Poster | 178 | 86.4 | |
| Flip charts | 49 | 23.8 | |
| Leaflets | 30 | 14.6 | |
| Reason for not using IEC materials (N=97) | |||
| Unavailability | 59 | 60.8 | |
| Lack of appropriate material | 22 | 22.70 | |
| Time consuming | 5 | 5.2 | |
| Other reasons | 7 | 5.5 | |
| Intention to use IEC materials in the future | 53 | 54.6 | |