Table 2.
Table showing key decision makers and actors in newborn care in the Lira district, Northern Uganda.
| Variable | All Births n = 930 |
Home Births n = 308 |
Health Facility Births n = 622 |
p-Value * (X2) † | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | 95%CI of % | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Decide birthplace | 0.022 (3.933) | ||||
| Father | 505 (54.3) | 49.4–59.2 | 148 (48.1) | 357 (57.4) | |
| Mother | 289 (31.1) | 27.5–34.9 | 121 (39.3) | 168 (27.0) | |
| Grandmother | 94 (10.1) | 8.2–12.4 | 27 (8.8) | 67 (10.8) | |
| Others | 42 (4.5) | 3.4–6.0 | 12 (3.9) | 30 (4.8) | |
| Dried baby immediately after birth | <0.001 (407.3) | ||||
| Health worker | 561 (63.8) | 55.7–71.1 | 4 (1.4) | 557 (95.1) | |
| TBA | 238 (27.1) | 20.5–34.8 | 235 (79.9) | 3 (0.5) | |
| Others | 81 (9.2) | 7.2–11.7 | 55 (18.7) | 26 (4.4) | |
| Conducted first bath | <0.001 (8.906) | ||||
| Grandmother | 516 (55.5) | 51.9–59.1 | 142 (46.1) | 374 (60.1) | |
| Mother | 165 (17.7) | 15.4–20.3 | 54 (17.5) | 111 (17.9) | |
| Others | 249 (26.8) | 23.2–30.7 | 112 (36.4) | 137 (22.0) | |
| Decide breastfeeding initiation | <0.001 (57.87) | ||||
| Mother | 499 (53.7) | 49.8–57.5 | 171 (55.5) | 328 (52.7) | |
| Health worker | 239 (25.7) | 22.1–29.7 | 9 (2.9) | 230 (37.0) | |
| Grandmother | 92 (9.9) | 8.4–11.6 | 42 (13.6) | 50 (8.0) | |
| TBA | 77 (2.5) | 5.8–11.7 | 77 (25.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Others | 23 (2.5) | 1.6–3.7 | 9 (2.9) | 14 (2.3) | |
| Decide what to do with initial breast milk | <0.001 (70.28) | ||||
| Mother | 534 (57.4) | 54.5–60.3 | 175 (56.8) | 359 (57.7) | |
| Health worker | 207 (22.3) | 19.8–24.9 | 12 (3.9) | 195 (31.4) | |
| Grandmother | 93 (10.0) | 8.2–12.1 | 35 (11.4) | 58 (9.3) | |
| Others | 96 (10.3) | 7.6–13.9 | 86 (27.9) | 10 (1.6) | |
| Decide whether or not to practice bottle-feeding | <0.001 (8.184) | ||||
| Mother | 684 (73.6) | 70.3–76.5 | 241(78.3) | 443 (71.2) | |
| Health worker | 90 (9.7) | 7.5–12.3 | 10 (3.3) | 80 (12.9) | |
| Grandmother | 57 (6.1) | 4.6–8.2 | 19 (6.2) | 38 (6.1) | |
| Others | 99 (10.7) | 8.8–12.8 | 38 (12.3) | 61 (9.8) | |
| Applied substances to the umbilical cord | <0.001 (12.00) | ||||
| TBA | 17 (28.8) | 19.4–40.5 | 17 (53.1) | 0 (0) | |
| Health Worker | 16 (27.1) | 16.0–42.1 | 0 (0) | 16 (59.3) | |
| Mother | 15 (25.4) | 16.9–36.4 | 9 (28.1) | 6 (22.2) | |
| Others | 11 (18.6) | 10.5–31.0 | 6 (18.8) | 5 (18.5) | |
| Decide care seeking for sick newborn | 0.688 (0.370) | ||||
| Father | 92 (47.7) | 41.8–53.7 | 27(42.9) | 65 (50.0) | |
| Mother | 88 (45.6) | 39.0–52.4 | 31(49.2) | 57 (43.9) | |
| Others | 13 (6.7) | 3.9–11.5 | 5(7.9) | 8 (6.2) | |
TBA: Traditional birth attendants; p-value *: Pearson’s chi-squared test; (X2) †: Chi-squared test statistic.