Table 6 Health care workers GMP Practice in South Wollo Zone, northeast Ethiopia from May 25 to July 7, 2020
Variables | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Weigh the child weight while doing growth monitoring and promotion | ||
Yes | 396 | 99.7% |
No | 1 | 0.3 |
Check the accuracy of the weight scale while doing GMP | ||
Yes | 196 | 49.4 |
No | 201 | 50.6 |
Undress/ light dress the child while weighing the child weight | ||
Yes | 350 | 88.2 |
No | 47 | 11.8 |
Adjust the weight scale to zero with plastic washing bowl before weighing the child weight | ||
Yes | 248 | 62.5 |
No | 149 | 37.5 |
Explain growth curve to mothers/caregiver while doing GMP | ||
Yes | 202 | 50.9 |
No | 195 | 49.1 |
Plot the growth curve on growth chart while doing GMP | ||
Yes | 268 | 67.5 |
No | 129 | 32.5 |
Interpret the growth curve while doing GMP practice | ||
Yes | 225 | 56.7 |
No | 172 | 43.3 |
Counsel mothers/caregivers based on the growth curve when carrying out GMP | ||
Yes | 167 | 42.1 |
No | 230 | 57.9 |
Counsel mothers/caregivers when to introduce breast milk and solid, semi-solid for their child | ||
Yes | 382 | 96.2 |
No | 15 | 3.8 |
Practice status | ||
Good GMP practice | 232 | 58.4 |
Poor GMP practice | 165 | 41.6 |