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. 2021 Jul 15;15:100872. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100872

Table 2.

Unadjusted analysis of the impact of receiving antenatal care from community health workers on antenatal and infant health outcomes.

Any CHW
Specific CHW

ASHA
AWW
Other
Estimate (95% CI) p-value Estimate (95% CI) p-value Estimate (95% CI) p-value Estimate (95% CI) p-value
Attended Four ANC Visits (OR) 1.58 (1.51, 1.66) <0.001 1.28 (1.20, 1.37) <0.001 1.72 (1.63, 1.82) <0.001 1.11 (0.89, 1.39) 0.36
ANC Quality (IRR) 1.01 (1.00, 1.03) 0.005 1.02 (1.00, 1.03) 0.04 1.03 (1.02, 1.04) 1.2E-7 1.03 (0.99, 1.07) 0.11
Early Initiation of Breastfeeding (OR) 1.27 (1.22, 1.34) 9.7E-24 1.17 (1.09, 1.26) 1.3E-05 1.33 (1.26, 1.41) 5.7E-26 1.33 (1.08, 1.63) 0.008
Birthweight (grams) −22.08 (−33.89, −10.26) 2.5E-4 −12.54 (−30.58, 5.51) 0.17 −24.46 (−37.77, −11.15) 3.2E-4 −12.27 (−74.00, 46.47) 0.70
One-Year Mortality (OR) 0.88 (0.78, 0.98) 0.02 0.84 (0.72, 0.99) 0.05 0.91 (0.79, 1.04) 0.16 0.93 (0.52, 1.65) 0.80

The estimates for Attended Recommended Number of Antenatal Care Visits, Early Initiation of Breastfeeding, and One-Year Mortality are odds ratios. The estimates for Antenatal Care Quality and Birthweight are incidence rate ratios and changes in grams respectively.