Nepal Clean Home Delivery Kit: Evaluation of the Health Impact - Path
Nepal Clean Home Delivery Kit: Evaluation of the Health Impact - Path
Nepal Clean Home Delivery Kit: Evaluation of the Health Impact - Path
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elevated risk <strong>of</strong> infection, while mustard oil (n=54) seems to <strong>of</strong>fer some protective value<br />
(although not statistically significant). Dettol and herbals also appear to be somewhat<br />
protective, but this could be due to chance (since <strong>the</strong> numbers are relatively small and <strong>the</strong><br />
confidence intervals are large). As expected, a clean cloth or no covering on <strong>the</strong><br />
umbilicus at <strong>the</strong> time <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> interview was significantly associated with reduced infection<br />
(by 40%), when compared with a dirty cloth. Infection is reduced by about 40%<br />
(OR=0.58) when <strong>the</strong> birth attendant washes her hands with soap before cutting <strong>the</strong> cord.<br />
Those who washed with water but no soap (n=183) had some reduction in risk compared<br />
to those who did not wash at all (OR=0.78), but it is not significant. In families where<br />
<strong>the</strong>y did not know whe<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> attendant washed her hands or not, <strong>the</strong> difference in risk is<br />
not statistically significant (OR=0.84; 95% C.I. <strong>of</strong> 0.47-1.5).<br />
Based on <strong>the</strong>se relative risks and <strong>the</strong> prevalence <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> various practices among <strong>the</strong><br />
population, an unclean blade and cutting surface accounted for about 8% <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> infection<br />
among kit non-users (population attributable risk percent), <strong>the</strong> dirty cloth accounted for<br />
about 24%, not washing hands before cutting accounted for about 11%, putting ash on <strong>the</strong><br />
cord accounted for about 4%, and putting o<strong>the</strong>r substances on <strong>the</strong> cord accounted for<br />
about 2% <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> infections.<br />
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