Knowledge, attitude and practices: assessing maternal and child health care handbook intervention in Vietnam

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Table 1 Characteristics of four provinces in which MCH Handbook was piloted

Province	Four piloted provinces				Vietnam
Province	Dien Bien	Hoa Binh	Thanh Hoa	An Giang	Vietnam
Area (km²)^a	9,563	4,608	11,132	3,537	330,972
Population (in thousand) [2014]^a	527	808	3,477	2,155	89,709
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) [2013]^b	35.5	17.7	16.0	15.1	15.3
Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) [2013]^b	54.9	26.6	24.1	22.7	23.1
Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) [2012]^c	64.38	41.6	70 [2010]	29	61.9
Female adult literacy rate ≥ 15 years of age (%) [2009]^d	54.8	93.2	92.7	85.7	91.4
Poverty rate (%) [2013]^e	35.06	18.7	13.13	4.96	7.8
Proportion of ethnic minority (%) [2009]^d	81.1	73.6	17.6	5.3	14.3

^aReference [9] General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Statistical Data for Population and Employment. Hanoi: General Statistics Office of Vietnam. 2015. http://www.gso.gov.vn (accessed June 2015)
^bReference [7] Ministry of Planning and Investment. The 1/4/2013 time-point population change and family planning survey- major findings: annex 9. Hanoi: Ministry of Planning and Investment. 2013. http://www.gso.gov.vn (accessed June 2015)
^cReference [8] Ministry of Health. Annual report of provincial health services. Hanoi: Ministry of Health. 2015
^dReference [10] Central Population and Housing Census Steering Committee. The 2009 Vietnam Population and Housing Cencus. Hanoi: Central Population and Housing Census Steering Committee. 2010
^eReference [11] Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs. Decision no. 529 on 05/06/2014 - Approving the result of survey, revision on poor household and near poor household in 2013. Hanoi: Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs. 2013

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