Table 3 Effects of EQUIP on coverage, quality and knowledge of danger signs
Tanzania | Uganda | ||||||||
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N (women of reproductive age, 6 rounds) | Survey roundsa | 1st and 6th round estimates % (95% CI) | Estimated difference-in-difference (95% CI) | N (6 rounds) | 1st and 6th round estimates % (95% CI) | Estimated difference-in-difference (95% CI) | |||
Intervention | Comparison | Intervention | Comparison | ||||||
Primary coverage indicators | |||||||||
Facility delivery | 1422 | 1st round 6th round | 55 (45 to 65) 87 (77 to 93) | 62 (50 to 72) 78 (67 to 86) | 7 (−7 to 21) | 2929 | 56 (47 to 64) 68 (58 to 76) | 31 (25 to 39) 42 (33 to 51) | −3 (−15 to 9) |
Immediate breastfeeding | 1398 | 1st round 6th round | 31 (22 to 42) 37 (28 to 47) | 32 (21 to 46) 40 (30 to 52) | −7 (−21 to 7) | 2793 | 37 (30 to 45) 41 (35 to 46) | 20 (16 to 26) 23 (18 to 29) | −6 (−17 to 5) |
Primary quality indicator b | |||||||||
Population indicator “effective coverage” of uterotonics within 1 min after birth | 409 last events 1422 live birthsb | 1st round 6th round | 29 (16 to 41) 81 (72 to 91) | 44 (31 to 58) 70 (58 to 81) | 26 (25 to 28) | 291 last events 2929 live birthsb | 38 (27 to 50) 59 (48 to 70) | 11 (3 to 20) 23 (10 to 6) | 8 (6 to 9) |
Primary knowledge indicator (assessed through interviews with women of reproductive age with a live birth in the year prior to the survey) | |||||||||
Mothers’ knowledge of critical danger signs pregnancyc | 1422 | 1st round 6th round | 25 (18 to 33) 45 (36 to 54) | 40 (30 to 51) 45 (34 to 56) | 4 (−11 to 18) | 2993 | 36 (30 to 42) 49 (43 to 55) | 32 (27 to 39) 43 (35 to 40) | −2 (−14 to 11) |
Mothers’ knowledge of critical danger signs newbornsc | 1422 | 1st round 6th round | 36 (29 to 45) 38 (30 to 48) | 35 (26 to 45) 34 (26 to 43) | 2 (−12 to 15) | 2848 | 45 (40 to 50)~ 34 (28 to 40) | 38 (33 to 43) 27 (21 to 34) | −7 (21 to 6) |
Secondary coverage indicators (indicators monitoring improvement topics chosen by the teams) | |||||||||
Post-partum care <7 days (restricted to home births) | 442 | 1st round 6th round | 19 (11 to 30) 23 (10 to 46) | 27 (14 to 47) 23 (7 to 54) | 17 (−8 to 40) | 1103 | 4 (1 to 12) 3 (1 to 10) | 3 (1 to 7) 2 (1 to 8) | −3 (−8 to 2) |
Clean birth kit (restricted to home births) | 442 | 1st round 6th round | 15 (7 to 29) 62 (23 – 84) | 23 (13 to 37) 23 (11 to 41) | 31 (2 to 60) | 1103 | 9 (3 to 22) 25 (18 to 22) | 5 (2 to 9) 7 (3 to 15) | 10 (−6 to 26) |
Wrapping of babies (as part of HBB) | 1288 | 1st round 6th round | 43 (33 to 53) 56 (48 to 65) | 44 (34 to 56) 33 (25 to 44) | 7 (−21 to 36) | Not prioritised by QI team | |||
ANC 4 + | 1st round 6th round | Not prioritised by QI team | 2990 | 41 (35 to 48) 47 (40 to 54) | 34 (28 to 39) 38 (31 to 46) | 0 (−15 to 15) | |||
BCG immunisation of newborns | 1st round 6th round | 1654 | 81 (73 to 88) 81 (73 to 88) | 77 (71 to 83) 84 (78 to 88) | −8 (−16 to 0) | ||||
Secondary quality indicators (indicators monitoring improvement topics chosen by the teams) (assessed through health facility assessments) | |||||||||
Infection prevention items availabled | 352 | Baseline Endline | 13 (4 to 34) 69 (50 to 83) | 48 (27 to 67) 76 (58 to 87) | 21 (−4 to 46) | ||||
Supervision to health facilities (past 6 months) | 354 | Baseline Endline | 78 (57 to 91) 100 | 92 (73 to 98) 100 | 14 (0 to 28) | ||||