Impact of an Intensive Perinatal Handwashing Promotion Intervention on Maternal Handwashing Behavior in the Neonatal Period: Findings from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural Bangladesh
Table 1
Comparison of participants in the control and intervention arms at baseline, pregnant women at 28–32 weeks’ gestation, Matlab, Bangladesh, 2010-11.
Characteristic
Control group ()
Intervention group ()
Demographics
Mother’s mean age (SD)
20.3 (2.4)
19.9 (2.3)
Mean number of people in household (SD)
5.7 (2.4)
6.0 (2.9)
Mean number of prenatal visits (SD)
0.7 (0.5)
0.79 (0.4)
Health care worker talked about handwashing with soap (%)