| icddr, b service area | Government service area | ||||
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 | 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 |