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. 2022 Feb 8;41:108. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2022.41.108.31618

Table 3.

healthcare utilization for households with children under-five years of age in North Kamagambo

Variable N (%) 2017 N=272 2018/2019 N=197
Child has had fever in last 2-weeks 136 (50) 51 (26)
Sought advice or treatment for fever 112 (82) 40 (78)
Malaria rapid diagnostic test (RDT) was performed 27 (24) 35 (88)
Child has had diarrhea in last 2-weeks 72 (26) 18 (9)
Sought advice or treatment for diarrhea 42 (58) 9 (50)
Child has had breathing problem* in last 2-weeks 109 (40) 48 (24)
Sought advice or treatment for breathing problem 60 (55) 31 (65)
Ever visited by a community health worker (CHW), identifies signs child needing medical attention 221 (81) 126 (64)
No correct responses 3 (1) 2 (1)
One to two correct responses 99 (36) 80 (41)
Three or more correct responses 170 (63) 115 (58)
*

Breathing problem: cough or difficult or shallow breathing