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Table 6 Self-reported postnatal health knowledge and practices

From: Can a community health worker administered postnatal checklist increase health-seeking behaviors and knowledge?: evidence from a randomized trial with a private maternity facility in Kiambu County, Kenya

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

 

Index of postnatal health knowledge, as reported at day 10 post-delivery

Index of postnatal health knowledge, as reported at day 10 post-delivery

Index of postnatal health practices, as reported at day 10 and 9 weeks post-delivery

Index of postnatal health practices, as reported at day 10 and 9 weeks post-delivery

 

Unadjusted

Adjusted

Unadjusted

Adjusted

Estimation Type

OLS

OLS

OLS

OLS

CHW Call

0.40

0.57

0.45

0.29

 

(−0.48 - 1.28)

(−0.37 - 1.50)

(−0.18 - 1.08)

(−0.47 - 1.06)

CHW Home Visit

−0.019

0.11

0.58*

0.45

 

(−0.82 - 0.78)

(−0.75 - 0.97)

(−0.012 - 1.17)

(−0.25 - 1.15)

Mean of standard of care arm

3.2

3.2

6.6

6.6

p-value for test of call = visit

0.323

0.331

0.649

0.650

p-value for test of joint significance of call and visit

0.564

0.457

0.148

0.430

Controls?

N

Y

N

Y

R-squared

0.016

0.045

0.073

0.158

Observations

83

79

52

49

  1. *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1
  2. Notes: Coefficients generated via OLS regression (models 1–4) are presented with 95 % confidence intervals constructed with robust standard errors. Postnatal health knowledge (models 1 and 2) is assessed as an ordinal variable generated using self-reported knowledge collected during the day 10 postnatal survey; knowledge is assessed as a summative index with a maximum of 6 points and a minimum of 0 points, where each point represents knowledge of the following 6 postnatal health topics: 1) ability to name 3 or more maternal danger signs; 2) ability to name 3 or more infant danger signs; 3) ability to name 2 or more hand washing best practices; 4) ability to name 2 or more; 5) ability to name 3 or more recognized newborn thermal care practices; 6) and ability to name 3 or more sources of maternal dietary protein. Postnatal health practices (models 3 and 4) assessed as an ordinal variable generated using self-reported practices collected during the day 10 and 9 week postnatal surveys; health behaviors are assessed as a summative index with a maximum of 8 points and a minimum of 0 points, where 4 points represent 4 key health practices reported at 10 day (exclusive breastfeeding, breastfed 3 or more times in the past 8 hours, appropriate newborn thermal care practices, and water or nothing applied to umbilical cord stump) and 4 points represent 4 key health practices reported at 9 weeks (exclusive breastfeeding, breastfed 3 or more times in the past 8 hours, use of postnatal contraception, infant has received at least one dose of polio and pentavalent vaccines). For all adjusted regressions (columns 2 and 4), individual level covariates include the female participant’s age (coded as an ordinal variable with values 18–25, 26–30, 31–35, or 36–40 years old), marital status (defined as a binary single or married), a binary variable indicating whether the female respondent was employed at any time in the past 12 months, a binary variable indicating whether the participant was enrolled in a concurrent randomized trial and received a voucher (cost subsidy) for postnatal family planning services, and a binary variable indicating whether the participant attended one or more antenatal care visits at a Jacaranda Health facility
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