Table 3.

Care seeking behavior indicators during antenatal, natal, and postnatal periods

10 ANC, Delivery Care and PNC Indicators☆	Initial Assessment No = 643		Evaluation No = 773		Percent Change	P value
	No	%	No	%
1. ANC received at facility	3	0.6% Out of 515	409	59.3% Out of 690	61.8%	.0001**
2. Less than 4 ANC received at facility	512	99.4% Out of 515	246	35.6% Out of 690	−61.8%	.0001**
3. At least one ANC received at home by skilled providers	0	0.0% Out of 515	35	5.1% Out of 690	−5.1%	.0001**
4. Delivery attended at home by non-skilled providers	185	28.8% Out of 458	121	15.7% Out of 652	−13.1%	.0001**
5. Delivery attended at home by skilled providers	91	14.1% Out of 458	193	25% Out of 652	10.9%	.0001**
6. Delivery attended at facility	367	57.1% Out of 458	459	59.3% Out of 652	2.2%	0.232
7. Postnatal care received at home by non-skilled providers	111	41.7% Out of 266	67	16.4% Out of 409	−25.3%	.0001**
8. Postnatal care received at home by skilled providers	16	6.0% Out of 266	101	24.7% Out of 409	18.7%	.0001**
9. Postnatal care received at facility	139	52.3% Out of 266	241	58.9% Out of 409	6.6%	.046*
10. Ever used at least one modern FP method	395	61.4% Out of 643	575	74.4% Out of 773	13%	.0001**

☆ Antenatal care: Mothers receiving proper ANC visits (4 visits or more) during pregnancy by skilled/trained providers at health facility and/or trained Raedat at home or as outreach by trained nurses. Natal care: All deliveries by a skilled/trained physicians or nurses or birth attendant either at institutional hospital or at home. Postnatal care: Proper care of the mother and baby in the first 6 weeks (40 days) after childbirth by skilled/trained providers at health facility or at home. First postnatal contact should be as early as possible within 24 h of birth and at least three additional postnatal contacts are recommended for all mothers and newborns, on day 3 (48–72 h) and between days 7–14 after birth, and 6 weeks after birth [5].

* = Sig, ** = highly sig