Table 2.

Caregiver, community-based and facility-based health worker knowledge of vitamin A supplementation.

Variable	Caregivers (n = 900)	Community-Based HWs (n = 30)	Facility-based HWs (n = 30)
	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
Benefits of vitamin A *
Protects against disease	241 (26.7)	22 (73.3)	25 (83.3)
Improves child health	188 (20.8)	6 (20.0)	4 (13.3)
Helps with growth/body building	114 (12.7)	14 (46.7)	10 (33.3)
Increases appetite	89 (9.9)	3 (10.0)	1 (3.3)
Increases energy	55 (6.1)	1 (3.3)	0 (0.0)
Prevents blindness/helps vision	52 (5.8)	22 (73.3)	28 (93.3)
Reduces risk of death	1 (0.1)	0 (0.0)	2 (6.7)
Does not know/remember	278 (31.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Other	43 (4.7)	4 (13.3)	5 (16.7)
Age for first administration of vitamin A
At birth	63 (7.0)	0 (0.)	2 (6.7)
6 months	198 (22.1)	24 (80.0)	26 (86.7)
9 months	38 (4.2)	0 (0.0)	1 (3.3)
Do not know	189 (21.0)	2 (6.7)	0 (0.0)
Other	284 (31.6)	4 (13.3)	1 (3.3)
How often children should receive vitamin A
At each Malezi Bora	2 (0.2)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Every six months	163 (18.2)	24 (80.0)	27 (90.0)
Does not know	254 (28.3)	2 (6.7)	0 (0.0)
Other	350 (38.9)	4 (13.3)	3 (10.0)
Vitamin A dosage for children 6–11 months *
One blue capsule (100,000 IU)	N/A	N/A	27 (90.0)
Half of a red capsule	N/A	N/A	8 (26.7)
One red capsule (200,000 IU)	N/A	N/A	1 (3.3)
Do not know	N/A	N/A	0 (0.0)
Other	N/A	N/A	1 (3.3)
Vitamin A dosage for children 12–59 months
One blue capsule (100,000 IU)	N/A	N/A	2 (6.7)
One red capsule (200,000 IU)	N/A	N/A	27 (90.0)
Do not know	N/A	N/A	0 (0.0)
Other	N/A	N/A	0 (0.0)

^*Multiple responses were accepted.