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Table 3 Relationship between counseling compliance and reported client IYCF practices

From: Does health worker performance affect clients’ health behaviors? A multilevel analysis from Bangladesh

 

Minimum dietary diversity (yes/no), N = 78

Exclusive breastfeeding until child 6 months of age (yes/no), N = 77

Early initiation of breastfeeding (within 1 hour of birth) (yes/no), N = 153

Covariate

Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)

Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)

Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)

Health worker counseling compliance score (0-100)

1.04 (1.00, 1.09)

1.06* (1.01, 1.12)

1.01 (0.98, 1.04)

Client age

1.00 (0.90, 1.11)

1.00 (0.90, 1.11)

0.94 (0.87, 1.02)

Client Muslim religion

0.36 (0.039, 3.34)

2.17 (0.31, 14.89)

1.04 (0.27, 4.00)

Client years of schooling

1.16 (0.90, 1.50)

0.94 (0.76, 1.16)

0.97 (0.85, 1.02)

Client wealth quintile

1.29 (0.79, 2.11)

1.05 (0.59, 1.87)

0.92 (0.67, 1.27)

Client self-reported health status

0.73 (0.38, 1.40)

1.16 (0.56, 2.42)

1.01 (0.64, 1.59)

Number of health visits client made last year

0.98 (0.53, 1.83)

0.59 (0.23, 1.51)

1.39 (0.91, 2.12)

  1. Models include random effects for the sub-district and health worker
  2. IYCF Infant and young child feeding, CI Confidence interval
  3. < 0.1, * < 0.05