Table 1.

Facility background characteristics and hepatitis B birth dose (HepB-BD) vaccine knowledge, practices, vaccine management and supervision, Philippines, 2012. All significant p-values (≤0.05) are bolded.

	Government Clinics		Government Hospitals		Private Hospitals		Chi- square
	Totala	Number (%)	Totala	Number (%)	Totala	Number (%)	p-value
BACKGROUNDCHARACTERISTICS
PhilHealth accredited facility	36	26(72)	63	59(94)	40	33(83)	0.01
Trained in BEmONCb and/or CEmONCc	39	28(72)	62	22(35)	40	8(20)	<0.0001
Trained in Essential Intrapartum and Newborn Care	38	28(74)	62	38(61)	40	23(58)	0.29
Mothers stay ≤24 hours post delivery	39	28(72)	62	29(47)	40	19(48)	0.03
KNOWLEDGE
Health facility provides HepB-BD	39	39(100)	63	58(92)	40	33(83)	0.02
Received training on HepB-BD	39	35(90)	58	51(88)	33	27(82)	0.58
Know that mother can transmit infection to her baby	36	35(97)	55	52(95)	31	29(94)	0.87f
Know recommended HepB-BD administration is ≤24 hours of birth	38	36(95)	56	55(98)	32	32(100)	0.46f
PRACTICES
Report NOT vaccinating all newborns with HepB-BD	39	2(5)	58	9(16)	33	14(42)	0.0002
Do NOT vaccinate with HepB-BD on weekends	38	10(26)	56	9(16)	31	3(6)	0.09
Give vaccination card after providing HepB-BD	39	39(100)	53	46(87)	31	26(84)	0.02f
Do NOT give HepB-BD to low birth weight newborns	38	7(18)	58	17(29)	29	13(45)	0.06
Do NOT give HepB-BD to premature newborns	38	14(37)	56	23(41)	30	15(50)	0.54
Do NOT give HepB-BD to ill newborns	39	27(69)	55	39(71)	33	27(82)	0.43
Can NOT vaccinate some newborns because some families refuse HepB-BD	39	10(26)	58	3(5)	33	14(42)	<0.0001
Charge newborns with PhilHealthd for HepB-BD	39	0(0)	54	3(6)	30	11(37)	<0.0001
Charge newborns without PhilHealth for HepB-BD	38	0(0)	53	5(9)	28	22(79)	<0.0001
Vaccinate in the delivery room	39	26(67)	58	35(60)	33	9(27)	0.002
VACCINE MANAGEMENT AND SUPERVISION
No supervisory visit in the past 6 months	35	2(6)	39	12(31)	19	10(53)	0.0005
Report number vaccinated with HepB-BD to EPIe	39	39(100)	57	55(96)	33	12(36)	<0.0001
Obtain vaccine from EPI	39	39(100)	58	56(97)	33	11(33)	<0.0001
Had HepB-BD stock-out in the past 17 months	37	14(38)	55	29(53)	31	6(19)	0.01

^aTotal health facilities varies for each row as there were instances where the data was not provided by the health facility or erroneously skipped by the study staff.

^bBEmONC: Basic Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care

^cCEmONC: Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care

^dPhilHealth: Philippine Health Insurance Corporation

^eEPI: Expanded Programme on Immunization

^fFisher’s exact p-value