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Table 1 Maternity unit workers' knowledge of the concept of Emergency Obstetric Care

From: New paradigm old thinking: the case for emergency obstetric care in the prevention of maternal mortality in Nigeria

Level of Knowledge

Doctors (n = 21)

Freq (%)

Nurses (n = 57)

Freq (%)

*CHEWs (n = 74)

Freq (%)

Total (n = 152)

Freq (%)

Good

1 (4.8)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (0.7)

Fair

9 (42.8)

3 (5.3)

1 (1.4)

13 (8.5)

Poor

11 (52.4)

54 (94.7)

73 (98.6)

138 (90.8)

Total

21 (100)

57 (100)

74 (100)

152 (100)

  1. *CHEWs = Community Health Extension Workers