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Table 3 Immediate Newborn Care Practices and Knowledge of Newborn Danger Signs Before (2005-2006) and After (2008-2009) Intervention Implementation by Service Area, Matlab, Bangladesh

From: Effectiveness of an integrated approach to reduce perinatal mortality: recent experiences from Matlab, Bangladesh

 

icddr, b service area

Government service area

 

Baseline (n = 1211) (%)

End-line (n = 1153) (%)

P-value

Baseline (n = 1196) (%)

End-line (n = 1144) (%)

P-value

Newborn care practice

Timing of first newborn bath

   < 1 day

29.7

4.1

< 0.001

43.7

23.6

< 0.001

   1 day

8.8

2.0

 

6.7

6.8

 

   2 days

14.2

8.1

 

7.0

11.2

 

   > = 3 days

45.2

84.6

 

41.3

56.1

 

   Don't remember

2.1

1.2

 

1.3

2.3

 

Breastfeeding practice

Colostrums as first food

   Yes

82.5

96.1

< 0.001

57.8

75.3

< 0.001

   No

17.5

3.9

 

42.2

24.7

 

Timing of breastfeeding after birth

   < 30 min

60.9

80.9

< 0.001

45.8

58.1

< 0.001

   30-59 min

21.0

6.7

 

23.4

20.3

 

   > = 60 min

18.2

12.4

 

30.8

21.7

 

Knowledge of danger sign for newborn

   Difficult or fast breathing

90.4

91.2

0.26

82.4

81.5

0.28

   Poor sucking or feeding

20.8

31.7

< 0.001

12.5

9.8

0.02

   Yellow coloration skin/eye

41.0

29.0

< 0.001

34.4

28.8

0.002

   Pus discharge from umbilical cord

7.9

44.3

< 0.001

3.8

4.4

0.26

   Pus discharge from eyes

2.7

25.2

< 0.001

0.8

1.0

0.37

   Very small baby

4.6

15.2

< 0.001

1.8

1.8

0.55

   Convulsion

33.9

49.0

< 0.001

17.1

20.8

0.01

   Lethargy/unconsciousness

1.7

2.8

0.05

0.7

0.8

0.46

   None of above/others

2.6

1.4

0.02

6.4

7.5

0.17