Effect of Pregnant Mothers’ Forum Participation on Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness among Pregnant Women in Dale District, Southern Ethiopia: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study

Table 5

Knowledge about danger signs of newborn among pregnant women in Dale Woreda, Sidama Zone, SNNPR, Ethiopia, 2015.

Variables	Total (%)	Forum members	Forum non-members	Chi-square	p-value
		Number (%)	Number (%)
Difficulty/fast breathing	105(17.4)	84(13.9)	21(3.5)	45.7	<0.001
Jaundice(yellow skin/eye)	22(3.6)	17(2.8)	5(0.8)	6.8	0.009
Poor sucking/feeding	125(20.7)	101(16.7)	24(4.0)	59.8	<0.001
Convulsion	18(3.0)	16(2.6)	2(0.4)	11.2	0.001
Unconsciousness	24(4.0)	18(3.0)	6(1.0)	6.2	0.012
Bleeding/pus discharge from umbilical cord	29(4.8)	21(3.5)	8(1.3)	6.0	0.014
Skin lesion(pustules)	7(1.2)	5(0.8)	2(0.3)	1.3	0.254