Table 3 Knowledge and practices on neonatal and child health care
Variables | FDMN in makeshift settlement n (%) | FDMN in host community n (%) | Host community n (%) | Total n (%) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Danger signs of new-born baby | |||||
Not known at all | 29 (6.8) | 34 (9.5) | 14 (6.5) | 77 (7.7) | 0.289 |
Knows at least one sign | 90 (21) | 86 (24.1) | 55 (25.7) | 231 (23.1) | Â |
Knows at least two or more signs | 309 (72.2) | 237 (66.4) | 145 (67.8) | 691 (69.2) | Â |
Fed within one hour | 145 (33.9) | 92 (25.8) | 72 (33.6) | 309 (30.9) | 0.034 |
Fed between 1 and 3Â h | 175 (40.9) | 156 (43.7) | 97 (45.3) | 428 (42.8) | Â |
Fed between 4 and 24Â h | 38 (8.9) | 27 (7.6) | 15 (7) | 80 (8) | Â |
Fed after 24Â h | 70 (16.4) | 82 (23) | 30 (14) | 182 (18.2) | Â |
Given something to new-born for drink before initiating breast feeding | |||||
Yes, given | 146 (34.1) | 197 (55.2) | 44 (20.6) | 387 (38.7) | < 0.001 |
Given anything to drink to new born within 3Â days | |||||
Yes, given | 192 (44.9) | 219 (61.3) | 62 (29) | 473 (47.3) | < 0.001 |
Age (in months) first provided additional food | |||||
Mean ± SD | 4 ± 6 | 3 ± 7 | 5 ± 5 | 4 ± 6 | < 0.001 |
Before 6Â months | 228 (54.9) | 249 (70.9) | 89 (43.2) | 566 (58.2) | Â |
After 6Â months | 187 (45.1) | 102 (29.1) | 117 (56.8) | 406 (41.8) | Â |
Vaccination status | |||||
Vaccination completed | 353 (82.5) | 271 (75.9) | 200 (93.5) | 824 (82.5) | < 0.001 |
Not completed (still taking) | 75 (17.5) | 86 (24.1) | 14 (6.5) | 175 (17.5) | Â |
Having card for vaccination | |||||
Yes, card is available | 181 (51.3) | 122 (45) | 127 (63.5) | 430 (52.2) | < 0.001 |
Knowledge on symptoms of diarrheaa | |||||
Not known at all | 16 (18.0) | 18 (5) | 6 (2.8) | 40 (4) | 0.025 |
Knows at least 1 symptom | 183 (18.0) | 180 (50.4) | 85 (39.7) | 448 (44.8) | Â |
Knows at least two or more symptoms | 229 (15.9) | 159 (44.5) | 123 (57.5) | 511 (51.2) | Â |
Those who could say about transmission of diarrhoea | |||||
Did not know | 38 (45.0) | 45 (12.6) | 17 (7.9) | 100 (10) | < 0.001 |
At least 1 way | 120 (13.5) | 135 (37.8) | 56 (26.2) | 311 (31.1) | Â |
At least two or more ways | 270 (17.7) | 177 (49.6) | 141 (65.9) | 58 (8.9) | Â |