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. 2018 Jun 8;10(6):747. doi: 10.3390/nu10060747

Table 4.

Main source of information on use and preparation of Taburia used by caregivers and preference of packaging 30 days after distribution.

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 p-Value 4
(Original Packaging) 1 (Improved Packaging) 2 (Improved Packaging and Cooking Demonstrations) 3
(n = 373) (n = 396) (n = 380)
n % n % n %
Sources of information used for infant and young child health advice
Verbal (health official and trained cadres) 247 66 a 281 71 b 221 58 a 0.002 BL
Television, Radio 107 29 a 125 32 a 56 15 b <0.001 BL
Community meeting 85 23 a 77 19 a 114 30 b <0.001 BL
Printed media (brochure, poster, etc.) 116 31 a 67 17 b 78 21 b <0.001 BL
Internet 94 25 a 91 23 a,b 65 17 b,c 0.048 BL
Demonstrations 16 4 a 14 4 b 83 22 c <0.001 BL
Visual Media 40 11 15 4 21 6 0.218 BL
Public figure/religious person/elderly 27 7 23 6 39 10 0.074 BL
Main source of information used for instructions of Taburia use
Outer packaging of Taburia (box holding 30 sachets) 306 82 207 52 153 40 <0.001 MC
Taburia information brochure 56 15 157 40 102 27
Individual Taburia sachet (1 g sachet) 8 2 5 1 11 3
Enumerator explanation 3 1 3 1 40 11
Hand fan NA - 24 6 30 8
Cooking demonstration NA - NA - 43 11
(post-hoc analysis) a b c
Preference of outer packaging of Taburia (box holding 30 sachets)
Original package message content 44 12 75 19 56 15 0.346 BL
Improved package message content 329 88 321 81 324 85
Reasons reported for preference:
More attractive colour 279 75 a 259 65 b 234 62 b 0.001 BL
Better information on use and preparation of Taburia 239 64 a 174 44 b 234 62 a <0.001 BL
Better information on benefits of Taburia 94 25 a,c 77 19 b,c 76 20 c 0.014 BL
Picture showing child with mother 50 13 a 110 28 b 85 22 b <0.001 BL

1 Original outer packaging, as regulated by the MoH; 2 Improved design and messages content of outer packaging; 3 Improved outer packaging combined with cooking demonstrations; 4 Using a nested design, Generalized Linear Model (GLM) applying the following base distribution link functions: BL Binomial distribution via Logit function and MC Multinomial distribution via Cumulative Logit function. Within a row, values with different superscript letters are significantly different using Wald’s Chi-square adjusted for multiple comparisons (least significant difference) post-hoc analysis (p-value < 0.05).