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Table 4 Impact of the Intervention on Respondents Knowledge and Attitudes(Crosstabulations)

From: Effect of a communication intervention on alcohol use during pregnancy in post conflict Northern Uganda: a quasi experimental study

   

Group Category

  

P-Value

  

Control

Intervention

Size of Impact

 
 

Baseline

Poor knowledge

108

58.1%

126

53.8%

  
 

Fair knowledge

73

39.2%

103

44.0%

 

0.599

Knowledge of the dangers of alcohol use during pregnancy

Adequate

5

2.7%

5

2.1%

  

Endline

Poor knowledge

112

53.3%

75

35.7%

11.98%

0.001

Fair knowledge

51

24.3%

64

30.5%

  
 

Adequate

47

22.4%

71

33.8%

  

Has no effect on the baby

Baseline

Agree

19

10.2%

30

12.8%

  

Disagree

124

66.7%

177

75.6%

 

0.006

Don’t know

43

23.1%

27

11.5%

−6.90%

 
 

Endline

Agree

25

11.9%

16

7.6%

  

Disagree

150

71.4%

172

81.9%

 

0.040

Don’t know

35

16.7%

22

10.5%

  

Should be stopped completely

Baseline

Agree

140

75.3%

194

82.9%

  

Disagree

21

11.3%

30

12.8%

7.70%

0.003

Don’t know

25

13.4%

10

4.3%

  
 

Endline

Agree

144

68.6%

172

81.9%

  

Disagree

17

8.1%

13

6.2%

 

0.005

Don’t know

49

23.3%

25

11.9%

  

Can be good for pregnancy

Baseline

Agree

3

1.6%

21

9.0%

  

Disagree

135

72.6%

192

82.1%

−14.98%

< 0.001

Don’t know

48

25.8%

21

9.0%

  
 

Endline

Agree

27

12.9%

11

5.2%

  

Disagree

129

61.4%

170

81.0%

 

< 0.001

Don’t know

54

25.7%

29

13.8%

  

Can be used occasionally during pregnancy

Baseline

Agree

21

11.3%

31

13.2%

  

Disagree

137

73.7%

190

81.2%

−12.43%

0.005

Don’t know

28

15.1%

13

5.6%

  
 

Endline

Agree

41

19.5%

19

9.0%

  

Disagree

113

53.8%

147

70.0%

 

0.001

Don’t know

56

26.7%

44

21.0%

  

Can be used after attaining a certain number of months of pregnancy

Baseline

Agree

20

10.8%

30

12.8%

  

Disagree

134

72.0%

188

80.3%

 

0.004

Don’t know

32

17.2%

16

6.8%

−10.64%

 
 

Endline

Agree

36

17.1%

18

8.6%

  

Disagree

100

47.6%

135

64.3%

 

0.001

Don’t know

74

35.2%

57

27.1%

  

Do you agree that pregnant women shdnt drink

Baseline

Agree

144

77.4%

190

81.2%

  

Disagree

13

7.0%

25

10.7%

8.60%

0.033

Dont know

29

15.6%

19

8.1%

  
 

Endline

Agree

143

68.1%

169

80.5%

  

Disagree

21

10.0%

14

6.7%

 

0.014

Dont know

46

21.9%

27

12.9%

  

Importance of alcohol in increasing chances of health risks for wmn and babies

Baseline

Poor attitude

73

39.2%

61

26.1%

  

Fair

27

14.5%

31

13.2%

 

0.008

Positive

86

46.2%

142

60.7%

7.46%

 
 

Endline

Poor attitude

88

41.9%

49

23.3%

  

Fair

43

20.5%

36

17.1%

 

< 0.001

Positive

79

37.6%

125

59.5%

  
  1. The chi-square test was used to estimate the association between the communication intervention and respondent’s knowledge and attitudes towards drinking during pregnancy. It was significantly associated with increased levels of adequate knowledge and other proxy measure of knowledge and increased positive attitude