Child Survival Strategies: Assessment of Knowledge and Practice of Rural Women of Reproductive Age in Cross River State, Nigeria

<table class="table-group" id="tab5"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Child survival strategy practiced</td><td class="align_center">Frequency</td><td class="align_center">Percent</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Antenatal clinic attendance</td><td class="align_center">93</td><td class="align_center">62</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Last child received all immunizations</td><td class="align_center">137</td><td class="align_center">88</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">At least 2-year interval between last two deliveries</td><td class="align_center">111</td><td class="align_center">74</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Exclusively breastfed last child</td><td class="align_center">38</td><td class="align_center">25</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Given antimalarial in the last pregnancy</td><td class="align_center">126</td><td class="align_center">84</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Practice of child survival strategies in the last pregnancy and childbirth.

Journal of Tropical Medicine

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Table 5: Child Survival Strategies: Assessment of Knowledge and Practice of Rural Women of Reproductive Age in Cross River State, Nigeria 