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xxix• Almost 79 percent of them in intervention districts and 95 percent in control district werevisited by AWW. Next to it was ASHA who visited the mothers during the referencepregnancy (33% in intervention and 30% in control district), while relatively a smallerproportion of mothers (12% in intervention districts and 23% in control district) werevisited by ANM. Their visit was either fortnightly or monthly.• Mainly the workers discussed on early newborn care, immunization of children,complementary feeding to children, feeding to child and cleanliness.• On an average, a worker spent 15 minutes per household during their last visit inintervention districts and slightly less in control district (11 minutes).47 4.4 Child health and nutrition4.4.1 Knowledge of preventable diseases among children through vaccination4849 All the surveyed mothers / caregivers were asked whether they were aware ofdiseases among children which could be prevented by vaccination and if yes, which diseasescould be prevented. Table 4.15 provides such information.Table 4.15: knowledge of preventable diseases among children by vaccination(Percentage)Particulars Intervention districts Control districtInterventionAWCsIntermediateAWCsControlAWCsWhether aware of disease which canbe prevented by vaccination (n=) 828 844 924Yes 65.8 64.7 53.7Diseases which can be prevented byvaccinations (n=) 545 546 496TB 36.5 41.2 41.7Diptheria 4.4 3.5 3.6Pertussis 12.8 12.1 4.2Tetanus 31.7 37.4 45.2Polio 86.4 87.2 93.3Measles 52.3 54.4 75.4Hepatitis 0.2 0.4 0.2Typhoid 14.3 14.3 13.9Pneumonia 0 0 0.6Jaundice 0.4 0 0.2Don’t know 1.7 2 0.2The following findings have emerged from the table.• Nearly two – thirds of the respondents in intervention districts (62% in Janjgir and 69% inKorba) and 54 percent in control district had expressed their awareness of the diseasesthat could be prevented by vaccination.Baseline Study Of Early Childhood Care And Development Project In ChattisgarhApril,2012