Table 1.
Nutrition knowledge scores among community members and community health volunteers who participated in the intervention compared to those who did not, using a t test
| Community membersa | Community health volunteersa | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention (n = 43) | Comparison (n = 149) | P valueb | Intervention (n = 22) | Comparison (n = 64) | P valueb | |
| Overall nutrition knowledge | 21.9 (3.2) | 20.3 (3.9) | <0.01 | 24.7 (3.3) | 21.2 (3.6) | 0.0001 |
| Subscales | ||||||
| Complementary feeding practices | 9.2 (2.1) | 9.0 (2.1) | 0.25 | 10.3 (1.8) | 9.2 (2.0) | <0.05 |
| Breastfeeding practices | 5.6 (1.3) | 4.6 (1.4) | 0.0000 | 6.4 (0.95) | 5.1 (1.2) | 0.0000 |
| Caregiver confidence and behaviour | 5.2 (1.3) | 4.9 (1.6) | 0.16 | 6.1 (1.4) | 5.0 (1.6) | <0.01 |
a
Values are in means (SDs); responses characterized as correct or incorrect.
b
One‐tailed t test.