Impact of clean delivery kit use on clean delivery practices in Beni Suef Governorate, Egypt
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A major factor contributing to neonatal and maternal infections is unhygienic delivery practices. This study explores the impact of clean delivery kit (CDK) use on clean delivery practices
during home and facility deliveries.
Kits were distributed from primary care facilities and mothers and birth attendants received training on kit importance and use. The study was designed as a cross-sectional cohort study.
Raedat (community health workers) visited 349 women during the postpartum period to administer a structured questionnaire.
The study was conducted from mid-March through mid-July 2001 in two rural areas of Ihnasia district in Beni Suef Governorate (Upper Egypt).
In bivariate analysis, CDK users in the home were more likely to report that the birth attendant had clean hands (P