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

Table 7.

Proportion of deliveries with protective postnatal practices for mothers who delivered at home with or without a traditional birth attendant

Care practice
Ekjut (Eastern India)
PCP (Bangladesh)
Makwanpur (Nepal)
Dhanusha (Nepal)
41%of home non-SBA deliveries were by TBA
83%of home non-SBA deliveries were by TBA
3%of home non-SBA deliveries were by TBA
23%of home non-SBA deliveries were by TBA
Proportion of postnatal newborn care in non-SBA home deliveries with 95%confidence intervals (%)
  No TBA TBA All non-SBA home No TBA TBA All non-SBA home No TBA TBA All non-SBA home No TBA TBA All non-SBA home
Clean cloth used for wrapping
77 [66-78]
82 [73-91]
79 [69-90]
97 [91-100]
99 [96-99]
98 [95-100]
 
 
 
 
 
 
Immediate wiping (within 10 minutes)
22 [10-14]
23 [12-34]
23 [11-35]
18 [9-26]
29 [16-51]
27 [15-39]
 
 
 
 
 
 
Skin-to-skin contact between mother and baby within 30 minutes
12 [5-8]
15 [6-24]
13 [5-21]
26 [8-44]
33 [15]
32 [20-44]
 
 
 
 
 
 
Thermal care (wrapping or skin-to-skin contact within 10 minutes)
8 [1-4]
8 [2-13]
8 [2-15]
17 [7-27]
25 [8-33]
23 [7-39]
28 [17-40]
33 [12-54]
29 [17-40]
66 [59-72]
56 [50-62]
65 [58-71]
Delayed bathing (baby not bathed for at least 6 hours)
54 [47-58]
53 [46-60]
53 [46-61]
61 [55-67]
75 [69-97]
72 [67-77]
12 [7-18]
31 [19-43]
13 [8-18]
30 [23-37]
28 [22-35]
30 [23-37]
Colostrum not discarded
 
 
 
 
 
 
65 [56-75]
66 [46-86]
66 [56-75]
59 [53-66]
56 [48-63]
59 [52-66]
No pre-lacteal feed (breast milk first food)
72 [62]
68 [59-78]
71 [62-80]
74 [68-80]
83 [79-84]
81 [77-85]
89 [84-94]
76 [56-97]
89 [84-94]
43 [38-48]
39 [33-45]
42 [37-47]
Immediate breastfeeding (within 1 hour)
21 [10-14]
26 [14-39]
22 [11-34]
59 [49-70]
64 [34]
63 [53-74]
48 [36-61]
58 [36-80]
49 [36-61]
8 [6-11]
8 [6-11]
8 [6-10]
Only breast milk in first 24 hours 76 [65] 71 [64-78] 73 [67-80] 81 [73-90] 81 [77-80] 81 [76-86]            

Proportion of deliveries with protective postnatal care practices for mothers who delivered at home without skilled birth attendance, separated by whether there was a traditional birth attendant (TBA) present. Values in bold font show practices where there was at least a 10 percentage point difference between TBA and non-TBA deliveries (whether positive or negative).