Table 5. Comparison of selected delivery and PNC utilization parameters at baseline and post intervention.
Characteristics | Ezha (Treatment 1) (%) | Abeshge (Treatment 2) (%) | Sodo (Control) (%) | |||||
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2012 (baseline) | 2013 (post inter) | 2012 (baseline) | 2013 (post inter) | 2012 (baseline) | 2013 (post inter) | |||
Place of delivery | ||||||||
Home | 61.57 | 33.73 | 50.70 | 35.82 | 72.80 | 58.46 | ||
Government hospital | 3.35 | 0.49 | 10.49 | 6.46 | 2.99 | 4.19 | ||
Government health center | 23.44 | 55.07 | 32.84 | 32.29 | 18.80 | 32.41 | ||
Health post | 10.53 | 6.35 | 5.59 | 11.39 | 4.70 | 4.56 | ||
Other | 2.87 | 6.59 | 0.71 | 21.89 | 2.57 | 0.93 | ||
Assistance at delivery | ||||||||
Health professionals (nurse, doctor) | 26.79 | 55.23 | 41.96 | 63.54 | 21.79 | 52.05 | ||
Trained TBA | 11.96 | 24.15 | 35.66 | 20.24 | 40.59 | 22.35 | ||
Untrained TBA | 32.06 | 2.80 | 2.80 | 2.15 | 20.95 | 19.83 | ||
Relative/friend/ neighbor | 18.66 | 14.29 | 13.99 | 11.90 | 11.97 | 5.21 | ||
HEW | 10.53 | 3.53 | 5.59 | 2.17 | 4.70 | 0.56 | ||
Delivery conducted with the presence of HEW | ||||||||
Yes | 18.05 | 20.96 | 21.30 | 19.67 | 16.67 | 7.00 | ||
No | 81.95 | 79.04 | 78.70 | 80.33 | 83.33 | 93.00 | ||
Contact with HEW at labor | ||||||||
Yes | 8.13 | 16.81 | 20.28 | 22.58 | 16.67 | 7.29 | ||
No | 81.34 | 79.37 | 69.23 | 77.42 | 81.19 | 92.52 | ||
Do not remember | 1.92 | 3.82 | 0.70 | 0.00 | 0.86 | 0.19 | ||
Referral from health post to health center by HEW during pregnancy or delivery complication | ||||||||
Yes | 3.85 | 23.08 | 19.51 | 15.65 | 15.22 | 17.73 | ||
No | 86.54 | 75.00 | 75.61 | 82.61 | 78.26 | 80.85 | ||
Do not remember | 9.61 | 1.92 | 4.88 | 1.74 | 6.52 | 1.45 | ||
Timing of first PNC visit by CHW (weeks) | ||||||||
1–2 | 80.00 | 95.00 | 68.30 | 88.46 | 65.39 | 64.82 | ||
3–4 | 16.00 | 5.00 | 17.07 | 3,85 | 26.92 | 19.61 | ||
>4 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 14.63 | 7.69 | 7.69 | 15.57 |
PNC, postnatal care; HEW, health extension worker; CHW, community health workers.