Table 1 Early infant feeding practices by study arm in the three countries
Intervention | Control | PR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Burkina Faso | |||
Prelacteal feeds | 41/372 (11.0) | 135/371 (36.4) | 0.30 (0.17,0.55) |
Religious/ritual drops | 43/371 (11.6) | 108/371 (29.1) | 0.40 (0.19,0.82) |
Feeds/drops combined | 57/372 (15.3) | 160/371 (43.1) | 0.36 (0.18,0.69) |
Initiation (cum):1 | |||
Within 1 h | 14/392 (3.6) | 14/402 (3.5) | 0.99 (0.96,1.04) |
Within 12 h | 207/392 (52.8) | 179/402 (44.5) | 0.85 (0.65,1.12) |
Within 24 h | 322/392 (82.1) | 298/402 (74.1) | 0.69 (0.46,1.04) |
No colostrum | 30/371 (8.1) | 46/371 (12.4) | 0.65 (0.26,1.63) |
Uganda | |||
Prelacteal feeds | 52/387 (13.4) | 153/352 (43.5) | 0.31 (0.21,0.45) |
Religious/ritual drops | 56/387 (14.5) | 151/352 (42.9) | 0.34 (0.27,0.42) |
Feeds/drops combined | 73/387 (18.9) | 194/352 (55.1) | 0.34 (0.26,0.46) |
Initiation (cum):1 | |||
Within 1 h | 219/396 (55.3) | 151/369 (40.9) | 0.76 (0.68,0.85) |
Within 12 h | 360/396 (90.9) | 297/369 (80.5) | 0.47 (0.34,0.63) |
Within 24 h | 376/396 (95.0) | 335/369 (90.8) | 0.55 (0.31,0.95) |
No colostrum | 10/382 (2.6) | 33/349 (9.5) | 0.28 (0.13,0.61) |
South Africa | |||
Prelacteal feeds | 145/480 (30.2) | 144/437 (33.0) | 0.92 (0.64,1.32) |
Religious/ritual drops | 55/220 (25.0) | 43/198 (21.7) | 1.15 (0.74,1.78) |
Feeds/drops combined | 148/482 (30.7) | 145/440 (33.0) | 0.93 (0.64,1.34) |
Initiation (cum):1 | |||
Within 1 h | 252/535 (47.1) | 248/485 (51.1) | 1.08 (0.72,1.62) |
Within 12 h | 415/535 (77.6) | 376/485 (77.5) | 0.99 (0.65,1.53) |
Within 24 h | 454/535 (84.9) | 413/485 (85.2) | 1.02 (0.63,1.64) |
No colostrum | 83/478 (17.4) | 68/439 (15.5) | 1.12 (0.60,2.11) |