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lxxxiiwere: “referral the child to nutrition rehabilitation center”, “referral to pediatrician ofnearly hospital” (Table 8.12).Table 8.12: Type of advices being given to caretakers of malnourished children(Percentage)Advice given to the caretaker Intervention districts / ControlCategory of AWCsIntervention Intermediate Raigarh(n=) 61 59 61MalnourishedBring child regularly to AWC for taking supplementary Nutrition 73.8 74.6 78.7Advice mother to give milk to child 72.1 66.1 75.4Nutritive diet to child 13.1 8.5 3.3Others 3.2 5.1 1.6Severely malnourishedRefer the child to nutrition rehabilitation centre 45.9 37.3 47.5Refer the child to pediatrician of nearby hospital 67.2 69.5 65.6Advice mother to give high protein calorie diet to child 29.5 13.6 37.7Consult the doctor 11.5 11.9 0Others 3.2 1.7 08.4.2 Knowledge about common illness in childrenFurther , AWWs were asked what are the common sicknesses of children , what are thesigns / symptoms of diarrhoea and respiratory infection and whether diarrhoea can beprevented. Table 8.5A in Annexure -2 provides such information. The following findings haveemerged from this table.• Diarrhoea and fever were reported as the common sicknesses of children by 86 percent in71 percent of AWWs respectively, while about one – third mentioned respiratory infection.• Regarding symptoms of diarrhoea , loose or watery stool and frequent stools were citedby 80 percent and 61 percent of AWWs. Other symptoms reported by AWWs were: fever,abdomen pain, tiredness / moody/ crying a lot etc.• When AWWs were asked about the causes of diarrhoea , they reported “eating stalefoods” and eating food touched by files, while 43 percent each cited” “eating food fromstreat vendors” and “drinking dirty water”.• Regarding symptoms of respiratory infection, they mainly cited cough and sneezing as itssymptoms. Other symptoms reported by AWWs were: wheezing sound, sore throat, fever,difficult breathing, rapid / fast breathing etc.8.4.3 Involvement of father in taking care of childrenAll the surveyed AWWs wee asked whether fathers get themselves engaged in taking care oftheir children and if yes, they were further questioned about the kind of help provided byhusbands in taking care of children. In addition, AWWs were asked whether they interact withfathers. Table 8.13 provides such information.Baseline Study Of Early Childhood Care And Development Project In ChattisgarhApril,2012