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Table 2 Distribution of adolescents who are lactating and pregnant by frequency of nutrition services received

From: Nutritional service needs of pregnant and lactating adolescent girls in Trans-Mara East Sub-County, Narok County: focus on access and utilization of nutritional advice and services

Service Need indicators (n = 335)

Frequency

Percent

z-value at 50% expected frequency

P-value

Proportion who received any nutrition service in the past 3 months

258***

77.0

7.26

< 0.05

Service domain

 Provision and collection of IFAS

153

45.7

  

 Nutrition education and counselling

179

53.4

  

 Deworming

76

22.7

  

 Vitamin A supplementation for the child

106*

31.6

−4.85

< 0.05

 Sexual and reproductive health sensitive to nutrition e.g. family planning

141

42.1

  

 Basic personal hygiene

223

66.6

  

 Regular nutrition assessment both at antenatal and postnatal

168

50.1

  

 Child growth monitoring at postnatal care

161

48.1

  

 Nutrition referral for critical malnutrition episodes

17**

5.1

−13.0

< 0.05

 Basic environmental hygiene and disease prevention e.g. provision of ITNs

251

74.9

  

 Nutrition support e.g. mother to mother support

75**

22.4

−7.43

< 0.05

 Nutrition supplements e.g. ready to use therapeutic/supplementary foods RUTFs/RUSFs

39**

11.6

−10.46

< 0.05

 Regular follow-ups on utilization of services e.g. through community strategy programmes

91**

27.2

−6.06

< 0.05

 Lactation management and processes e.g. normally done using lactation charts pathways

11**

3.3

−13.67

< 0.05

  1. * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01 ***; p < 0.001 based on z-test effect size