The effect of the community midwifery model on maternal and newborn health service utilization and outcomes in Busia County of Kenya: a quasi-experimental study

Table 8 Pre and during/post community midwifery model intervention MNH outcomes

	Pre-CMM intervention			Post-CMM intervention			diff	P-value
	N	n	Proportion (%)	N	n	Proportion (%)	diff	P-value
Macerated stillbirths^a	2707	19	0.70	562	2	0.36	0.35	0.1751
Fresh stillbirths^a	2707	15	0.55	562	3	0.53	0.02	0.4764
Neonatal deaths^b	2772	15	0.54	565	1	0.18	0.36	0.1267
Maternal deaths^a	2707	3	0.11	562	1	0.18	-0.07	0.3394
Babies discharged alive ^b	2772	2718	98.05	565	565	100	-1.9	0.0004*

^adenominator (N) – total community and facility births; ^b denominator (N) – total community and facility live births
*P<0.05 statistically significant

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