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Household Survey Measurement of Newborn Postnatal Care: Coverage, Quality Gaps, and Internal Inconsistencies in Responses

Kimberly Peven, Louise Tina Day, Debra Bick, Edward Purssell, Cath Taylor, Joseph Akuze and Lindsay Mallick
Global Health: Science and Practice December 2021, 9(4):737-751; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00209
Kimberly Peven
aFlorence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
bMaternal and Newborn Health Group, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Centre for Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive, & Child Health (MARCH), London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
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  • For correspondence: Kimberly.peven@kcl.ac.uk
Louise Tina Day
bMaternal and Newborn Health Group, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Centre for Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive, & Child Health (MARCH), London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
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Debra Bick
cWarwick Clinical Trials Unit, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom.
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Edward Purssell
dLittle Havens Children's Hospice, Benfleet, United Kingdom.
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Cath Taylor
eSchool of Health Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom.
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Joseph Akuze
bMaternal and Newborn Health Group, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Centre for Maternal, Adolescent, Reproductive, & Child Health (MARCH), London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
fDepartment of Health Policy, Planning and Management and Centre of Excellence for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda.
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Lindsay Mallick
gDepartment of Family Science, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
hAvenir Health, Glastonbury, CT, USA.
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    Coverage of Newborn Postnatal Care Expressed as the Proportion of Newborns Receiving Postnatal Checks or Specific Provider-Initiated Newborn Care Interventions Among All Newborns Born in the Sample, by Country

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    Coverage Cascade for All Newborns Shown as the Proportion With Any Newborn Postnatal Contact (Postnatal Check or Any Specific Intervention) and the Proportion With Each Level of Co-coverage Index Score

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    Intervention-Specific Coverage and Quality-Coverage Gaps Among Women Reporting Any Newborn Postnatal Contact (Postnatal Check or Any Specific Intervention) as Percentage Reporting Each Newborn Care Intervention

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    Full Content Quality-Coverage Gap Among Women Reporting Any Newborn Postnatal Contact (Postnatal Check or Any Specific Intervention), Mean Co-coverage of 5 Interventions (Counseling on Breastfeeding, Observing Breastfeeding, Examining Umbilical Cord, Measuring Temperature, and Counseling on Danger Signs)

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    Coverage of Newborn Postnatal Checks and Umbilical Cord Checks, Gaps in Coverage and Quality, and Internal Inconsistencies in Survey Responses

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    Agreement Between Newborn Care Interventions Expressed as the Number of Cases in Which Newborns Either Received Both Interventions or Received Neither Intervention, Divided by Total Number of Newborns

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    Postnatal Care Intervention Survey Questions, Postnatal Care Interventions, and Question Wording From the DHS-7 Core Questionnaire17

    InterventionQuestion
    APostnatal checkFor facility births, women are asked about a newborn postnatal check while they were still in the facility. Later, they are asked separately about a newborn postnatal check after they left the facility. A postnatal check is counted if they report a check in the facility or after.
    438. Now I would like to talk to you about checks on (NAME)'s health after delivery—for example, someone examining (NAME), checking the cord, or seeing if (NAME) is OK. Did anyone check on (NAME)'s health while you were still in the facility?
    445. I would like to talk to you about checks on (NAME)'s health after you left (FACILITY IN 430). Did any health care provider or a traditional birth attendant check on (NAME)'s health in the two months after you left (FACILITY IN 430)?
    For non-facility births, women are asked about a newborn postnatal check more generally.
    453. I would like to talk to you about checks on (NAME)'s health after delivery—for example, someone examining (NAME), checking the cord, or seeing if (NAME) is OK. In the two months after (NAME) was born, did any health care provider or a traditional birth attendant check on (NAME)'s health?
    B1Umbilical cord check457 a) During the first two days after (NAME)'s birth, did any health care provider do the following: Examine the cord?
    B2Temperature measurement457 b) During the first two days after (NAME)'s birth, did any health care provider do the following: Measure (NAME)'s temperature?
    B3Danger sign counseling457 c) During the first two days after (NAME)'s birth, did any health care provider do the following: Counsel you on danger signs for newborns?
    B4Breastfeeding counseling457 d) During the first two days after (NAME)'s birth, did any health care provider do the following: Counsel you on breastfeeding?
    B5Breastfeeding observation457 e) During the first two days after (NAME)'s birth, did any health care provider do the following: Observe (NAME) breastfeeding?
    • Abbreviation: DHS, Demographic and Health Survey.

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    TABLE 2.

    Included Countries, Survey Year, and Sample From Demographic and Health Surveys on Postnatal Checks and Newborn Care Interventions

    CountrySurvey YearNumber of Women Intervieweda,bNumber of Last (Most Recent) Births in the 2 Years Before the Surveya
    Benin2017–201815,9285,390
    Burundi2016–201717,2695,358
    Cameroon201813,5273,843
    Ethiopia201615,6834,221
    Guinea201810,8742,948
    Malawi2015–201624,5626,567
    Mali201810,5194,075
    Nepal201612,8621,958
    Nigeria201841,82112,616
    Pakistan2017–201812,2643,855
    Senegal201716,7874,401
    Tanzania2015–201613,2664,091
    Uganda201618,5065,781
    Zambia201813,6833,845
    Zimbabwe20159,9552,417
    Total247,50671,366
    • ↵a Weighted.

    • ↵b From ICF International.20

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    TABLE 3.

    Two-Way Table Showing Plausible and Internally Inconsistent Survey Response Possibilities for Postnatal Check and Umbilical Cord Check

    Umbilical Cord Check
    YesNo
    Postnatal checkYesPlausible (coverage)Plausible (quality-coverage gap)
    NoInternal inconsistencyPlausible (coverage gap)
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    TABLE 4.

    Co-coverage of Provider-Initiated Newborn Care Interventionsa in 15 Low- and Middle-Income Countries

    CountryCo-coverage (Number of Interventions), %Mean (SD)
    012345
    Benin39.26.710.58.19.326.32.2 (2.10)
    Burundi89.33.821.41.22.20.3 (0.96)
    Cameroon37.95.88.49.510.228.32.3 (2.12)
    Ethiopia63.610.810.56.14.34.70.9 (1.46)
    Guinea50.65.25.56.28.823.71.9 (2.15)
    Malawi12.558.612.317.643.93.5 (1.76)
    Mali539.67.96.17.116.31.5 (1.95)
    Nepal40.15.18.28.511.926.22.3 (2.12)
    Nigeria72.63.843.13.612.91 (1.81)
    Pakistan29.913.415.413.81413.62.1 (1.80)
    Senegal27.1416.814.414.523.22.5 (1.91)
    Tanzania50.39.99.18.69.212.81.5 (1.88)
    Uganda49.68.68.27.77.718.21.7 (2.00)
    Zambia32.63.55.25.68.944.22.9 (2.23)
    Zimbabwe14.72.95.79.617.349.83.6 (1.81)
    • Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.

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    • AIM 2: DESCRIBE INTERNAL CONSISTENCY IN REPORTING POSTNATAL CHECKS AND SPECIFIC NEWBORN CARE INTERVENTIONS
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