TABLE 5.

Reported changes in infant feeding-related knowledge from wk 0 to 24 of caregivers of children in the intervention group¹

	wk 0		wk 24
	n	%	n	%	P-value
How can you encourage a child who does not want to eat
Feed with patience	73	17.8	72	51.4	<0.001
Talk to child	73	13.7	72	55.6	<0.001
How can you treat diarrhea?
Give ORS/home fluids	73	100.0	72	98.6	0.50
Give child same or more food during diarrhea	73	17.8	72	36.1	0.02
Give child more liquid during diarrhea	73	6.8	72	45.8	<0.001
Give child an extra plate of food per day after diarrhea3	72	76.4	72	95.8	0.0012
How can you protect your child from germs?
Wash hands	70	15.7	72	47.2	<0.001
Put pants on child	70	7.1	72	23.6	0.007
Wash fruits and vegetables	70	.4	72	16.7	0.0012
Treat water	70	4.3	72	8.3	0.49

¹Values are percentages, varies by time point and group as indicated. ORS, oral rehydration solution.

²Analysis by Fischer's exact test due to cell with count <5.

³Mothers were questioned directly about feeding after diarrhea (e.g., Should you feed an extra plate per day?) Responses to other questions were not prompted by interviewer.