Research Article
South Vietnamese Rural Mothers’ Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice in Child Health Care
Table 2
Child health care practices at home.
| Variable | Number of interviewees = 600 | Percentage |
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Child care mainly by | | | Mother | 466 | 77.7 | Father | 55 | 9.2 | Grand parents | 39 | 6.5 | Others (uncle, aunt) | 40 | 6.6 | First place where a sick child was taken in order to get treatment | | | Health commune station | 346 | 57.7 | Private practice clinic | 151 | 25.2 | Provincial/district hospital | 97 | 16.2 | Quack doctor | 6 | 1.0 | Reason for choosing health commune station as first place to get treatment | | | Short distance | 173 | 28.8 | Familiar place | 205 | 34.2 | Free of charge for under 6 years old | 136 | 22.7 | Place for mothers to give birth | | | Health commune station | 162 | 27.0 | District hospital | 193 | 32.2 | General provincial hospital | 220 | 36.7 | Private practice clinics | 9 | 1.5 | Traditional Birth Attendant (TBA) | 16 | 2.7 | Breast feeding right after birth | | | 30 minutes after birth | 364 | 60.7 | 1 hour after birth | 172 | 28.7 | 12 hours after birth | 24 | 4.0 | The following day | 38 | 6.3 | No breast feeding | 2 | 0.3 | Prevention of neonatal tetanus by vaccine against antitetanus (VAT) injection | | | Understanding clearly | 568 | 94.7 | Unknown | 32 | 5.3 |
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