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. 2018 Jun 23;22(11):1659–1667. doi: 10.1007/s10995-018-2563-5

Table 3.

Regression of the number of danger signs that could occur during pregnancy that the client knows with reported incidence risk ratios

Haiti Malawi Senegal
Client type 1st Pregnancy All clients 1st Pregnancy All clients 1st Pregnancy All clients
Counseled on any of the danger signs (ref.=no)
 Yes 1.1 1.1 2.9*** 1.6*** 2.8*** 1.7***
Agreement on counseling on danger signs (ref.= bothnoa)
 Prov no, cl yesb 1.8*** 1.6*** 7.4*** 4.5*** 1.1 1.0
 Prov yes, cl noc 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9
 Bothyesd 2.4*** 2.0*** 11.9*** 5.7*** 3.8*** 2.3***
Duration of consultation
 Average in mins 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0** 1.0**
Client’s age (ref.: < 20)
 20–29 1.4* 1.4* 1.4** 1.3* 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.0
 30–35 1.6** 1.5* 1.6*** 1.5*** 1.5 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0
 36+ and don’t know 1.2 1.3 1.6** 1.5** 0.8 0.7 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.1
Client’s education (ref.: none)
 Primary 1.0 1.1 1.3* 1.2 1.8 1.7 1.2* 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.1* 1.1*
 Secondary + 1.2 1.2 1.4** 1.3** 3.2** 2.0* 1.6* 1.4* 1.9** 1.7** 1.3** 1.3*
Number of previous ANC visits (ref.: first visit)
 2 1.1 1.3 1.2** 1.3** 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.3*** 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2
 3 1.1 1.2 1.3* 1.2* 1.1 1.2 1.2* 1.4*** 1.7** 1.5* 1.2* 1.1
 4 or more 1.2 1.1 1.3*** 1.3** 1.4 1.3 1.3* 1.5*** 2.6*** 2.5*** 1.5*** 1.5***
Client’s first pregnancy (ref.: no)
 Yes 1.0 1.0 0.7*** 0.9* 0.8** 0.7**
Provider years of education (ref.: < 16)
 16–18 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.7* 0.8* 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7* 0.9 1.0
 19+ 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.5* 0.6** 0.8 0.8* 0.7 0.6* 1.0 1.0
Provider training in ANC counseling (ref.: no)
 Yes 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.2 1.0 1.1 1.4* 1.4 1.3*** 1.2**
Provider number of items supervised (ref.: none)
 1–5 1.3 1.3 1.3* 1.3* 1.0 1.1 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.0
 6 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.1
Region (ref.: North)
 Center 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9
 South 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.1 0.6** 0.7* 0.7** 0.8*
 West 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9
 Dakar 1.8 1.7 1.7** 1.8***
 Thiès 1.4 1.1 1.8*** 1.7***
 Central 1.1 1.1 1.6*** 1.6***
 East 1.6 1.5 2.4*** 2.5***
 South 1.2 1.1 1.9*** 1.8***
Observations 531 531 1,603 1,603 489 489 2,025 2,025 256 256 1,206 1,206

aBoth no: both the observation and client’s report agree

bProv no, cl yes: provider was not observed to give the counseling but the client reports receiving the counseling

cProv yes, cl no: the provider was observed to give the counseling but the client did not report receiving it

dBoth yes: positive agreement that the counseling did occur

All models control for provider category, facility managing authority, facility type and location, which were all not significant in the models. Significance: *p < 0.05, ** p < 0.001, *** p < 0.001