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. 2023 Oct 13;23:1998. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-16887-y

Table 4.

Key BabyWASH and diarrhea prevention practices among households in intervention vs. control woredas of Afar and Somali regions of Ethiopia, 2020, N = 436

Key BabyWASH and diarrhea prevention practices Survey participants Propensity score matching analysis
Intervention Woredas n (%) Control Woredas n (%) Standardized proportion difference (95% CI) T-test
Proper child feces disposal
 Good 181 (69.9) 6 (3.4) 0.41 (0.31, 0.51) 5.17**
 Poor 78 (30.1) 171 (96.6)
Handwashing practices at critical times with soap/ash
 Good 190 (73.4) 4 (2.3) 0.70 (0.61, 0.78) 8.85**
 Poor 69 (26.6) 173 (97.7)
Maintaining separate playground for under-three years children
 Good 199 (76.8) 46 (26.0) 0.39 (0.22, 0.55) 2.83**
 Poor 60 (23.2) 131 (74.0)
Shoe wearing to children < 3 years age
 Good 103 (39.7) 42 (23.7) 0.13 (-0.04, 0.31) 0.97
 Poor 156 (60.2) 135 (76.3)
Food hygiene at household level
 Good 130 (50.2) 25 (14.1) 0.38 (0.19, 0.56) 2.74*
 Poor 129 (49.8) 152 (85.9)
Treating household drinking water before consumption
 Good 22 (8.5) 1 (0.6) 0.08 (0.01, 0.16) 4.90**
 Poor 237 (91.5) 176 (99.4)
Regularly washing the child’s body, hands, and face
 Good 210 (81.0) 6 (3.4) 0.49 (0.38, 0.61) 15.78**
 Poor 49 (19.0) 171 (96.6)

**P < 0.001 *P < 0.05