Effects of a participatory community quality improvement strategy on improving household and provider health care behaviors and practices: a propensity score analysis

Table 4 Maternal and newborn health care outcomes and average treatment effects, matched sample

	Control		Intervention		# of matched (α)	ATE
	%	(N)^a	%	(N)^a	# of matched (α)	%-points	95% CI	p-value
ANC 4+	51.3	(372)	65.2	(941)	1–2	13.9	(6.3, 21.4)	< 0.001
Complete ANC	53.6	(372)	70.7	(941)	2–4	17.1	(10.7, 23.6)	< 0.001
Neonatal tetanus protected birth	69.9	(373)	69.6	(941)	1–3	−0.3	(−7.3, 6.7)	0.935
Institutional deliveries	57.6	(373)	68.1	(941)	4–5	10.5	(4.2, 16.8)	0.001
Early PNC	9.2	(373)	8.5	(941)	2–3	−0.7	(−4.9, 3.6)	0.753
Clean cord care	35.8	(119)	32.1	(415)	3–4	−3.6	(−14.7, 7.4)	0.521
Immediate initiation of breastfeeding	73.5	(119)	76.4	(534)	3–4	2.8	(−4.7, 10.6)	0.468

^aNumber of observation that was used for the PSM analysis
(α) Number of matches per participant for the PSM models
ANC antenatal care, ANC 4+ received four or more antenatal visits, ATE average treatment effect, PNC postnatal care, PSM propensity score matching

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