TABLE 5.
Husbands’ support for following recommended nutrition practices as reported by their wives, by program group and survey round1
| Baseline | Endline | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nutrition-focused MNCH2 (n = 747) | Standard MNCH (n = 767) | Nutrition-focused MNCH2 (n = 622) | Standard MNCH (n = 685) | |
| Husband purchases diversified nutritious foods and ensures that I have these foods available | 69.7 | 66.6 | 80.1 | 73.3 |
| Husband reminds and encourages me to consume the recommended quantity of diversified foods daily | 75.5 | 74.8 | 89.9** | 70.9 |
| Husband helps me to ensure that there are enough tablets of IFA and calcium at home | 64.9 | 62.6 | 77.2** | 55.5 |
| Husband reminds me to take 1 tablet of IFA and 1 tablet of calcium daily | 54.6 | 56.3 | 73.0*** | 50.4 |
| Husband remind/helps me to take rest for 2 h during the day in addition to sleeping at night | 68.1 | 66.4 | 83.9† | 75.0 |
| Husband and family members do not make me do heavy lifting during pregnancy | 84.3 | 81.2 | 92.4 | 89.9 |
| Husband reviews my weight-gain chart and helps me find ways to gain enough weight during pregnancy | 21.2** | 36.4 | 69.0*** | 20.3 |
| Husband calls the health worker on the mobile phone if I have any difficulties to do any of the above | 62.8* | 70.4 | 79.9* | 64.1 |
| Support scores (range: 0–10)3 | 6.27 ± 2.29 | 6.43 ± 2.50 | 8.07 ± 2.23*** | 6.24 ± 2.37 |
1Values are means ± SDs or percentages. †P < 0.10, *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001. IFA, iron and folic acid; MNCH, Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health.
2Differences between intensive and nonintensive areas, accounting for geographic clustering with the use of a 3-level mixed model.
3Unexplained SDs for subdistrict, village, and individual levels were 0.472, 0.245, and 2.20, respectively. Intraclass correlations for subdistrict and village were 0.043 and 0.055, respectively.