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Table 2 Knowledge level of health workers on the CHRB

From: Growth monitoring and promotion practices among health workers may be suboptimal despite high knowledge scores

Items

Frequency

Percentage

When is the CHRB issued?

 At delivery

37

63.8

 First post-natal contact

21

36.2

A child with birth weight less than 2.5 kg needs special care?

 Agree

56

96.6

 Disagree

1

1.7

 Not sure

1

1.7

A baby may usually be fully immunized at age two?

 Agree

48

82.8

 Disagree

5

8.6

 Not sure

5

8.6

Vitamin A administration is six months interval?

 Agree

51

88.0

 Disagree

1

1.7

 Not sure

6

10.3

Growth chart for girls and boys are pink and blue respectively?

 Agree

48

82.8

 Disagree

8

13.8

 Not sure

2

3.4

If child weight remains the same for more than two consecutive times what must be done?

 Refer

44

75.9

 Counsel

14

24.1

Which of the directions of a curve in the growth chart requires immediate action?

 Flat

4

6.9

 Up

1

1.7

 Down

53

91.4

A child whose WAZ is below −2 lines on the chart is?

 Normal

3

5.2

 Underweight

47

81.0

 Wasted

8

13.8

A child whose WAZ is between −2 and + 2 on the chart is?

 Normal

41

70.7

 Underweight

9)

15.5

 Wasted

8

13.8

A child whose WAZ is below −3 lines on the chart?

 Underweight

15

25.9

 Severe underweight

43

74.1

A child whose WAZ is above +2 but less than + 3 is?

 Normal

11

19.0

 Underweight

9

15.5

 Overweight

38

65.5

A child whose WAZ is above + 3 lines on the chart is?

 Normal

1

1.7

 Obese

43

74.1

 Overweight

14

24.2

For a child whose WAZ is above + 3 lines on the chart?

 He/she require immediate action

43

74.1

 The child is growing

15

25.9

Knowledge score, mean ± SD

10.2 ± 1.8

 

 High Knowledge

41

70.7

 Low knowledge

17

29.3