Impact of the community-based newborn care package in Nepal: a quasi-experimental evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the impact of the community-based newborn care package (CBNCP) on six essential practices to improve neonatal health.

Methods

CBNCP pilot districts were matched to comparison districts using propensity scores. Impact on birth preparedness, antenatal care seeking, antenatal care quality, delivery by skilled birth attendant, immediate newborn care and postnatal care within 48 hours were assessed using Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) and Health Management Information System (HMIS) data through difference-in-differences and multivariate logistic regression analyses.

Findings

Changes over time in intervention and comparison areas were similar in difference-in-differences analysis of DHS and HMIS data. Logistic regression of DHS data also did not r

SUBMITTER: Paudel D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5640009 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature