Table 1.
Availability of antenatal and essential delivery care for mother and newborn (self reports) and essential supplies and equipment by hospital, health centre and dispensary
| |
Hospital |
Health centre |
Dispensary |
Chi-squared p-value^ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | ||
|
Interventions and services offered during antenatal care | ||||
| |
N = 6 |
N = 11 |
N = 119 |
|
| Screening and preventive intervention | ||||
| Tetanus vaccination offered |
100 |
100 |
97 |
0.755 |
| IPTp offered |
100 |
91 |
94 |
0.748 |
| Blood pressure measurement offered |
83 |
91 |
72 |
0.350 |
| Urine protein test offered |
100 |
55 |
4 |
<0.001 |
| Haemoglobin test offered |
100 |
55 |
19 |
<0.001 |
| PMTCT offered |
100 |
100 |
79 |
0.112 |
| Syphilis testing offered |
100 |
100 |
43 |
<0.001 |
| Counselling | ||||
| Family planning counselling |
83 |
100 |
98 |
0.045 |
| Bed net/voucher promotion |
100 |
100 |
94 |
0.590 |
| Birth preparation counselling |
100 |
100 |
99 |
0.931 |
| Danger sign counselling |
100 |
100 |
100 |
- |
|
Essential delivery and newborn care | ||||
| |
N = 6 |
N = 13 |
N = 131 |
|
| Injectable uterotonics as part of AMTSL always injected |
100 |
77 |
57 |
0.045 |
| Cord traction/massage as part of AMTSL always done |
100 |
69 |
59 |
0.106 |
| Partograph always used |
100 |
85 |
63 |
0.063 |
| Fetal heart beat always recorded |
100 |
100 |
82 |
0.139 |
| Blood pressured always measured |
67 |
69 |
64 |
0.930 |
| Infection prevention measures always used |
100 |
92 |
94 |
0.798 |
| Encouragement of breastfeeding always done |
100 |
100 |
95 |
0.587 |
| Wrapping/drying of baby always done |
100 |
100 |
95 |
0.636 |
| Application of eye ointment always done |
83 |
92 |
50 |
0.006 |
|
Available equipment and supplies | ||||
| |
N = 6 |
N = 13 |
N = 129 |
|
| Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine (for IPTp) |
100 |
92 |
86 |
0.507 |
| HIV tests |
100 |
92 |
82 |
0.350 |
| Syphilis tests |
67 |
85 |
43 |
0.008 |
| Uterotonics |
100 |
100 |
69 |
0.017 |
| Functioning blood pressure apparatus |
83 |
100 |
55 |
0.003 |
| Functioning means of sterilisation | 83 | 100 | 88 | 0.381 |
^p-value for difference between level of care.