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Table 3 Uptake of interventions of 371 children and their mother's (caregivers) attending PML hospital in Accra, Ghana

From: Factors affecting malnutrition in children and the uptake of interventions to prevent the condition

Characteristic

 

Nutritional status of child

Malnourished n, %

Well-nourished n, %

Number of antenatal visits

  
 

Inadequate

38 (20.9)

10 (5.3)

 

Adequate

144 (79.1)

179 (94.7)

Number of postnatal visits

  
 

< Two visits

50 (27.5)

24 (12.7)

 

≥ Two visits

132 (72.5)

165 (87.3)

De-worming status (in last 6 months)

  
 

Not de-wormed

170 (93.4)

150 (79.4)

 

De-wormed

12 (6.6)

39 (20.6)

Mother received breastfeeding and nutritional counselling

  
 

No

12 (6.6)

1 (0.5)

 

Yes

170 (93.4)

188 (99.5)

Growth monitoring indicator status

  
 

Faltering

71 (77.2)

24 (19.5)

 

Growing well

21 (22.8)

99 (80.5)

BCG vaccine

   
 

No

1 (0.6)

1 (0.6)

 

Yes

171 (99.4)

166 (99.4)

Penta-3 vaccine

   
 

No

5 (2.9)

3 (1.8)

 

Yes

167 (97.1)

164 (98.2)

Measles vaccine

  
 

No

22 (15.0)

14 (9.9)

 

Yes

125 (85.0)

128 (90.1)

Vitamin A status

   
 

Not up to date

44 (25.6)

39 (23.4)

 

Up to date

128 (74.4)

128 (76.6)