Table 5. Comparison of selected delivery and PNC utilization parameters at baseline and post intervention.

Characteristics	Ezha (Treatment 1) (%)		Abeshge (Treatment 2) (%)		Sodo (Control) (%)
Characteristics	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.