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Table 4 Secondary outcomes of interest

From: Effect of integrating maternal and child health services, nutrition and family planning services on postpartum family planning uptake at 6 months post-partum in Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire and Niger: a quasi-experimental study protocol

Secondary outcomes of interest

Health indicators

Definition/measurement

Sources

Early breastfeeding

Early initiation of breastfeeding, within one hour of birth, according to WHO definition [25]

Health facility registry or health card (as notified by health providers)

Birth weight

Baby’s weight measured using a baby scale

Health facility registry or health card (as notified by health providers)

Exclusive breastfeeding 0–6 months

The proportion of children, 0–6 months of age, fed only breastmilk, with the exception of oral rehydration solution, vitamins, minerals, and/or medicines [25]

Study participants surveys (as reported by study participants to data collectors)

Moderate acute malnutrition

A weight-for-height indicator between − 3 and − 2 z-scores (standard deviations) of the international standard or by a mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) between 11 and 12.5 cm [25]

HF registry or health cards (as reported by providers

Severe acute malnutrition

Severe acute malnutrition is defined by a very low weight for height (below − 3z scores of the median WHO growth standards) [25]

HF registry or health cards (as reported by by provders

Vaccine coverage for children 0–6 months

Children from 0 to 6 months up to date with their vaccines

HF registry or health cards (as reported by health providers

Vitamin A supplementation and deworming

 

Health cards (as reported by providers)

Cough

 

Reported by study participants to data collectors

Diarrhea

 

Reported by study participants to data collectors

Malaria

Confirmed by a rapid diagnostic test or diagnostic by a health provider

Reported by study participants to data collectors

Maternal infections

Clinical signs of postpartum infection in mothers before discharge from hospital

Health facility registries as reported by providers

Neonatal infections

As reported by health care providers in the patient file or based on obvious clinical signs of neonatal infection (fever, hypothermia, jaundice)

Health facility registries as reported by providers or participants survey

Services delivered

 Number of individual FP counseling sessions during ANC

 

As notified by providers and collected by data collectors through out the study

 Nutritional advice received during ANC

 

As notified by providers and collected by data collectors through out the study

 Nutritional advice received during post- natala care

 

As notified by providers and collected by data collectors through out the study

 Number of individual FP counseling sessions during ANC

 

As notified by providers and collected by data collectors through out the study

Services utilization

 Number of ANC visits (retention)

 

As notified by providers and collected by data collectors through out the study

 Number of Post-partum visits

 

As notified by providers and collected by data collectors through out the study

 Infant growth monitoring (weighing)

 

As notified by providers and collected by data collectors through out the study