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. 2014 Mar 7;14:99. doi: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-99

Table 5.

Proportion of deliveries with protective postnatal care practices for different delivery types

Care practice
Ekjut (Eastern India)
PCP (Bangladesh)
Makwanpur (Nepal)
Dhanusha (Nepal)
Proportion of postnatal newborn care by delivery type with 95%confidence intervals (%)
  Home non-SBA (74.5%of deliveries) Home SBA (4.5%of deliveries) Institution (21%of deliveries) Home non-SBA (77%of deliveries) Home SBA (5%of deliveries) Institution (18%of deliveries) Home non-SBA (91.5%of deliveries) Home SBA (1%of deliveries) Institution (7.5%of deliveries) Home non-SBA (78%of deliveries) Home SBA (1.5%of deliveries) Institution (20.5%of deliveries)
Clean cloth used for wrapping
79 [69-90]
86 [78-95]
91 [86-97]
98 [95-100]
99 [95-100]
100 [99-100]
 
 
 
 
 
 
Immediate wiping (within 10 minutes)
23 [11-35]
26 [14-37]
37 [22-53]
27 [15-39]
52 [39-65]
66 [51-82]
 
 
 
 
 
 
Skin-to-skin contact between mother and baby within 30 minutes
13 [5-21]
19 [8-30]
13 [8-19]
32 [20-44]
38 [25-51]
21 [15-27]
 
 
 
 
 
 
Thermal care (wrapping or skin-to-skin contact within 10 minutes)
8 [2-15]
9 [4-15]
21 [12-30]
23 [7-39]
42 [26-59]
50 [33-66]
29 [17-40]
54 [23-86]
60 [44-75]
65 [58-71]
62 [50-74]
70 [65-75]
Delayed bathing (baby not bathed for at least 6 hours)
53 [46-61]
66 [58-73]
56 [49-62]
72 [67-77]
86 [80-93]
98 [97-98]
13 [8-18]
80 [57-104]
88 [74-100]
30 [23-37]
32 [19-45]
52 [43-62]
Colostrum not discarded
 
 
 
 
 
 
66 [56-75]
81 [57-100]
85 [72-98]
59 [52-66]
72 [62-83]
78 [73-83]
No pre-lacteal feed (breast milk first food)
71 [62-80]
74 [62-85]
73 [66-79]
81 [77-85]
88 [84-92]
86 [84-89]
89 [84-94]
76 [53-100]
81 [71-90]
42 [37-47]
51 [40-62]
72 [68-76]
Immediate breastfeeding (within 1 hour)
22 [11-34]
30 [14-45]
26 [16-36]
63 [53-74]
67 [54-79]
40 [34-46]
49 [36-61]
58 [29-87]
44 [27-62]
8 [6-10]
15 [7-23]
34 [29-39]
Only breast milk in first 24 hours 73 [67-80] 73 [65-81] 76 [70-82] 81 [76-86] 87 [82-91] 84 [80-88]            

Proportion of deliveries with protective postnatal care practices for different delivery types: at home with no skilled birth attendance (SBA), at home with SBA and in an institution. Practices are as defined in Table 2.