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. 2012 Sep 3;9:18. doi: 10.1186/1742-4755-9-18

Table 2.

Men’s knowledge on maternal and neonatal care

 
Intervention
Transition
Control
p
p
p
  (1) (2) (3) 1 vs. 2 1 vs. 3 2 vs. 3
N
959
2609
1979
 
 
 
Age when girls should get married (≥ 18 years)
93.7
93.5
91.4
.020
.958
.068
Age when girls should conceive (≥ 20 years)
71.8
72.0
79.9
.000
.081
.000
N
411
1032
793
 
 
 
Knows about ANC
99.3
95.2
98.5
.000
0.062
.001
 Services that a woman should receive*
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Advice on Tetanus Toxoid (TT) vaccination
49.6
27.3
7.1
 
 
 
 Advice on dietary intake
85.4
41.8
63.7
 
 
 
 Advice on resting
75.7
51.3
61.8
 
 
 
 Advice on Iron folic acid intake
58.2
45.2
46.0
 
 
 
 Advice on newborn care
1.7
2.6
0.4
 
 
 
 Advice on family planning
1.0
2.6
3.9
 
 
 
 Advice on complications
0.7
3.4
4.3
 
 
 
 Advice on birth preparedness
1.0
3.9
0.6
 
 
 
 Know phone number of health worker
6.8
1.6
0.8
 
 
 
 Advice on not doing any heavy work
76.2
46.2
73.1
 
 
 
 Pulse examination
41.6
21.3
25.9
 
 
 
 Blood pressure
64.5
16.6
31.8
 
 
 
 Weight measurement
52.8
23.4
14.9
 
 
 
 Height measurement
16.1
2.2
2.0
 
 
 
 Anemia
15.8
4.6
11.7
 
 
 
 Blood test
23.4
24.0
36.6
 
 
 
 Urine test
26.3
30.5
38.2
 
 
 
 Abdominal examination
59.6
29.4
55.9
 
 
 
 Foetal heart beat
4.1
.9
1.5
 
 
 
 Ultrasonogram
11.4
21.1
23.2
 
 
 
 Don’t know
2.9
17.5
2.4
 
 
 
Birth preparedness
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Determine attendant at delivery
84.7
62.7
79.7
.000
.000
.035
 Save money
75.7
62.1
59.3
.217
.000
.000
 Buy delivery kit
17.8
6.3
12.2
.000
.000
.009
 Arrange emergency transport
13.1
10.0
6.1
.003
.082
.000
Essential Newborn Care*
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Wiping baby with clean dry cloth
67.4
62.5
74.1
 
 
 
 Wrapping including head
24.6
13.8
18.2
 
 
 
 Cutting cord with sterilized thread
35.8
29.0
57.5
 
 
 
 Tying cord with sterilized thread
10.9
19.4
56.7
 
 
 
 Initiation of breastfeeding within 1 hour of birth
65.5
44.3
61.3
.000
.000
.325
 Colostrums feeding 95.1 89.0 90.3 .596 .001 .003

*Multiple Response.