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Table 5 Coverage of health behaviors, by wealth quartile

From: Contribution of community-based newborn health promotion to reducing inequities in healthy newborn care practices and knowledge: evidence of improvement from a three-district pilot program in Malawi

 

Baseline

Endline

Change in CI

Maternal and newborn care at facility

At least 1 ANC visit with a skilled provider

   

Overall

89.3

94.8

Poorest quartile

83.3

93.3

2nd quartile

91.9

92.9

3rd quartile

85.8

96.9

Least poor quartile

96.5

96.0

 

0.0258

0.0058

-0.0200

Concentration index (95% confidence interval)

(0.0068, 0.0448)

(-0.0057, 0.0173)

(-0.0420, 0.0019)

Delivery at a health facility

   

Overall

70.6

91.6

Poorest quartile

57.2

88.4

2nd quartile

71.0

90.7

3rd quartile

69.6

94.2

Least poor quartile

85.3

92.9

 

0.0721

0.0131

-0.0591

Concentration index (95% confidence interval)

(0.0347, 0.1100)

(0.0004, 0.0257)

(-0.0981, -0.0201)

Newborn care practices

Breastfeeding within the first hour of birth*

   

Overall

74.2

94.0

 

Poorest quartile

69.6

92.4

 

2nd quartile

69.6

95.1

 

3rd quartile

78.9

94.2

 

Least poor quartile

79.5

94.2

 
 

0.0392

0.0013

-0.0379

Concentration index (95% confidence interval)

(0.0054, 0.0729)

(-0.0096, 0.0122)

(-0.0729, -0.0029)

Delay in bathing of at least 6 hours*

   

Overall

65.4

81.2

 

Poorest quartile

65.6

84.0

 

2nd quartile

56.0

86.3

 

3rd quartile

66.0

77.2

 

Least poor quartile

73.1

77.3

 
 

0.0153

-0.0252

-0.0405

Concentration index (95% confidence interval)

(-0.0355, 0.0660)

(-0.0465, -0.0038)

(-0.0948, -0.0139)

Skin-to-skin contact between mother and baby immediately after birth**

   

Overall

NA

66.1

 

Poorest quartile

NA

55.6

 

2nd quartile

NA

69.5

 

3rd quartile

NA

68.3

 

Least poor quartile

NA

71.1

 
 

NA

0.0492

NA

Concentration index (95% confidence interval)

 

(0.0189, 0.0796)

 
  1. *Observations with missing data excluded from the indicator calculation at baseline. For breastfeeding within the first hour, 17.4% of observations were missing data. For delayed bathing, 9.7% of observations were missing data. **Not measured at baseline.