Effectiveness of peer supervision on appropriate treatment of Pneumonia symptoms
As shown in regression table 4 and visual inspection of Fig. 3, prior to introduction of peer supervision, 21.4% of the children were appropriately treated for pneumonia symptoms in the comparison district. This was followed by a 0.37% monthly decrease (P = 0.59, CI = [-1.80, 1.06]) until October month after introduction of peer supervision (November 2016), the proportion of children appropriately treated for pneumonia symptoms was 10.84% significantly higher in the intervention (P<0.05, CI = [1.75, 19.9]) compared to the comparison district.
This was followed by a decrease in appropriate treatment of children with pneumonia symptoms of 2.19% per month (P = 0.07, CI = [-4.56, 0.18]). The intervention decreased the proportion of appropriately treated children with pneumonia symptoms by 1.68% during the intervention period (p =0.29, CI = [-4.93, 1.57]) compared to the comparison district. Post intervention trend results revealed that introduction of the intervention increased the proportion of appropriately treated children exhibiting pneumonia symptoms at a rate of 1.21% (p =0.008, CI = [0.36, 2.05])