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Table 2 Percentage of women reporting a pregnancy during the past year who utilized selected health services by study arm, Follow-up Survey 2002

From: Impact of community-based interventions on maternal and neonatal health indicators: Results from a community randomized trial in rural Balochistan, Pakistan

Indicator

Control arm

Intervention arms

  

Women's IEEC only

Couples' IEEC

Number of women who became pregnant in the past year

1,022

836

703

Women who reported an illness during:

   

   Pregnancy*

92.1

87.6

90.7

   Delivery*

60.8

52.6

60.7

   Immediately after delivery (ns)

45.1

40.2

44.3

   Postpartum period*

69.2

58.8

62.8

Percent of pregnant women who visited a healthcare provider

60.9

49.1

57.7

Women who:

   

   Received tetanus immunization*

10.6

18.5

12.3

   Took iron-folic acid tablets*

22.1

25.0

27.6

   Improved diet in pregnancy*

18.0

21.5

23.8

   Reduced work in pregnancy*

17.5

18.5

25.3

Women who visited the District Hospital for treatment of problems during:

   

   Pregnancy*

13.3

16.2

22.4

   Delivery (ns)

8.7

11.0

12.6

   Immediately after delivery*

7.6

13.1

13.8

   Postpartum period (ns)

5.1

10.4

8.9

Place of delivery (Percent):

   

   District Hospital*

2.9

3.9

4.1

   Any other health facility (ns)

0.9

1.6

1.9

  1. *Differences across sites are statistically significant (P < 0.05, using Pearson's chi-square statistic).