Table 1

Level of knowledge	Intervention group			Control group
Level of knowledge	Pre-intervention. Freq (%)	Post-intervention. Freq (%)	(%) change	Pre-intervention. Freq (%)	Post-intervention. Freq (%)	(%) change
Poor (0 to 8)	84	4	36.7	67	69	1.30
	(38.5)	(1.8)		34.2	(35.5)
Fair (9 to 13)	79	19	53.2	83	77	2.60
	(36.2)	(8.8)		(42.3)	(39.7)
Good (14 to 22)	55	193	64.1	46	48	1.20
	(25.3)	(89.4)		(23.5)	(24.7)
Total	218(100)	216(100)		196(100)	194(100)

χ2 =186.25*
p = 0.000*
χ2=0.29
p=0.866

Table 1: Effect of health education on respondents’ level of knowledge about sickle cell disease and its screening.