Table 2. Antenatal, delivery, and postnatal practices included in this analysis.
Health behaviour | Manandhar et al. 2004 [19] | Tripathy et al. 2010 [10] | Azad et al. 2010 [11] | More et al. 2012 [17] | Lewycka et al. 2013 [20] | Fottrell et al. 2013 [12] | Tripathy et al. 2016 [13] |
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Healthcare seeking (all pregnant women) | |||||||
At least 4 antenatal care visits with a skilled provider or at a health facility | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Facility delivery (in the public or private sector) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Clean delivery practices (for home deliveries only) | |||||||
Birth attendant washes hands with soap prior to delivery | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Birth attendant uses a safe delivery kit | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Birth attendant cuts cord with new or sterile blade | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Thermal care (for home deliveries with live births) | |||||||
Child is wrapped or put to skin within 10 minutes of delivery | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Child is not bathed in first 24 hours after delivery | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Breastfeeding (all live births) | |||||||
Child is breastfed within 1 hour of delivery | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 weeks | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
‘Yes’ indicates information was collected for this outcome. ‘No’ indicates information was not collected for this outcome