Table 6 Health education relating to the eye delivered by RCH staff
Control (n = 30) | Trained (n = 30) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
COs (n = 15) | Nurses (n = 15) | All (%) | COs (n = 14) | Nurses (n = 14) | All (%) | P-value | |
When last eye health education was delivered: | |||||||
Within last 7 days | 5 | 5 | 10 (33.3) | 11 | 11 | 22 (78.5) | <0.001 |
Within last 4 weeks | 4 | 2 | 6 (20.0) | 3 | 3 | 6 (21.4) | 0.4 |
Within last 1 year | 1 | 0 | 1 (3.3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Never | 5 | 8 | 13 (43.3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Content of health education: | |||||||
Not specifically related to eye health | |||||||
Facial hygiene | 6 | 3 | 9 (30) | 4 | 1 | 5 (16.6) | |
Delivery | 1 | 2 | 3 (10) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Infection during delivery | 2 | 2 | 4 (13.3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Examine baby after delivery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 (3.5) | |
Specifically related to eye health | |||||||
Eye diseases | 1 | 0 | 1 (3.3) | 2 | 0 | 2 (7.1) | |
Importance of immunization | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 (10.7) | |
Importance of vitamin A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 (32.1) | |
Identification referral of those with eye disease | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 (25) | |
Do not use non-prescribed/traditional eye medicine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (3.5) | |||
Total | 15 | 15 | 30 (100) | 14 | 14 | 28 (100) | |