Table 6.
Parents’ opinion on SMC and justification of the opinion in the district of Kita during the adherence surveys
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/N | % | n/N | % | n/N | % | n/N | % | n/N | % | |
| Parent opinion on SMC | ||||||||||
| Very good | 153/229 | 66.8 | 156/227 | 68.7 | 156/224 | 69.6 | 149/218 | 68.3 | 614/898 | 68.4 |
| Good | 75/229 | 32.8 | 71/227 | 31.3 | 68/224 | 30.4 | 69/218 | 31.7 | 283/898 | 31.5 |
| Bad | 1/229 | 0.4 | 0/227 | 0.0 | 0/224 | 0.0 | 0/218 | 0.0 | 1/898 | 0.1 |
| Justification of the opinion | ||||||||||
| Improve health | 57/229 | 24.9 | 79/227 | 34.8 | 74/224 | 33.0 | 103/218 | 47.2 | 313/898 | 34.8 |
| Prevent malaria | 114/229 | 49.8 | 72/227 | 31.7 | 88/224 | 39.3 | 52/218 | 23.9 | 326/898 | 36.3 |
| Fight malaria | 57/229 | 24.9 | 63/227 | 27.6 | 49/224 | 21.8 | 48/218 | 21.3 | 317/898 | 23.9 |
| Save money | 0/229 | 0.0 | 7/227 | 3.0 | 8/224 | 3.6 | 8/218 | 3.6 | 23/898 | 2.5 |
| Ensure good health | 0/229 | 0.0 | 6/227 | 2.6 | 4/224 | 1.8 | 7/218 | 3.1 | 17/898 | 1.9 |
| No harmful effect | 0/229 | 0.0 | 0/227 | 0.0 | 1/224 | 0.4 | 0/218 | 0.0 | 1/898 | 0.1 |
| Calm the mothers | 1/229 | 0.4 | 0/227 | 0.0 | 0/224 | 0.0 | 0/218 | 0.0 | 1/898 | 0.1 |