Table 3 Pre and post intervention changes in maternal and newborn care practices using DID estimates
Indicators | Intervention | Control | DID | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pre | Post | Change | P-value | Pre | Post | Change | P-value | (a-b) | |
N = 322 | N = 316 | (a) | N = 386 | N = 361 | (b) | (%) | |||
n (%) | n (%) | (%) | n (%) | n (%) | (%) | ||||
Pregnant women | |||||||||
- Seek ANC during pregnancy | 245 (76) | 290 (92) | 16 | <.001 | 270 (70) | 274 (76) | 6 | .076 | 10 |
- TT vaccination during pregnancy | 155 (48) | 212 (67) | 19 | <.001 | 174 (45) | 170 (47) | 2 | .602 | 17 |
- Delivery conducted at health facility | 229 (71) | 269 (85) | 14 | <.001 | 262 (68) | 257 (71) | 3 | .355 | 11 |
Newborn care practices | |||||||||
- Cord application | 238 (74) | 161 (51) | −23 | <.001 | 305 (79) | 259 (71) | −8 | .028 | −15 |
- First bath to newborn within 1 hour | 116 (36) | 47 (15) | −21 | <.001 | 147 (38) | 154 (43) | 5 | .206 | −26 |
- Colostrum administration as first feed | 225 (70) | 262 (83) | 13 | <.001 | 239 (62) | 234 (64) | 2 | .435 | 11 |
- Initiation of breastfeed within 1 hour | 135 (42) | 175 (55) | 13 | <.001 | 151 (39) | 144 (40) | 1 | .839 | 12 |
- EPI vaccination for newborns | 225 (70) | 279 (88) | 18 | <.001 | 243 (63) | 250 (69) | 6 | .085 | 12 |