Table 4.
Women's reports of aspects of the intervention, primary caregiver support, community support, and partner support, in intervention and comparison communities
| Intervention | Comparison | OR (95% CI) | p-value | |||
| N | % | N | % | |||
| Received printed information about own health after birth of the baby | 5080 | 81.3 | 3769 | 74.5 | 1.50 (0.94–2.38) | 0.08 |
| Printed information about own health rated very or fairly helpful † | 3285 | 64.7 | 2556 | 67.8 | ||
| Received printed information for fathers on ways to support you and be involved with baby | 3761 | 60.2 | 1380 | 27.3 | 4.24 (3.63–4.95) | <0.001 |
| Received printed information on local services for mothers | 5648 | 90.4 | 3246 | 64.2 | 5.36 (3.53–8.20) | <0.001 |
| Printed information on local services rated very or fairly helpful † | 3013 | 53.3 | 1728 | 53.2 | ||
| Received vouchers or special offers for mothers with a new baby | 5473 | 87.6 | 3032 | 60.0 | 4.81 (2.84–8.14) | <0.001 |
| Encouraged to talk about own health by MCHN at every visit | 2237 | 35.8 | 1807 | 35.7 | ||
| MCHN very supportive and understanding | 2486 | 40.0 | 1961 | 39.0 | ||
| GP very supportive and understanding | 2846 | 39.0 | 2180 | 43.1 | ||
| Made new friends since the baby | 3329 | 53.3 | 2734 | 54.1 | ||
| More social contacts in the local community since the birth | 3349 | 54.1 | 2738 | 54.1 | ||
| 'Time-out' at least once a week | 2439 | 39.0 | 1995 | 39.5 | ||
| Local community: | ||||||
| Very mother & baby-friendly | 1024 | 16.4 | 833 | 16.5 | ||
| Fairly | 2488 | 39.8 | 1874 | 37.1 | ||
| Mixed or not helpful | 2638 | 42.2 | 2276 | 45.0 | ||
| N | Mean (SEadj) | N | Mean (SEadj) | |||
| Partner support score‡ [based on six questions, possible scores 0 to 10] | 5859 | 6.88 (0.03) | 4806 | 6.85 (0.07) | ||
| Missing | 128 | 97 | ||||
† Analysis restricted to those who reported having received the information
‡ Analysis restricted to women married or living with a partner