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Table 1 Evaluation of women’s right indicators for receiving care at the health units in the targeted villages of the selected governorates

From: Enhancing the value of women’s reproductive rights through community based interventions in upper Egypt governorates: a randomized interventional study

Indicator

El Fayoum Governorate

Benisuef Governorate

Total

Before

n = 520

After

n = 543

% Change

Before

n = 480

After

n = 607

% Change

Before

n = 1000

After

n = 1150

% Change

N (%)

N (%)

%

N (%)

N (%)

%

N (%)

N (%)

%

First: Health Card

 1. % of surveyed women who know their right to issue a health card once they know they are pregnant

37 7.4%

505 93.0%

85.6%*

82 16.4%

565 93.1%

76.7%*

119 11.9%

1070 93.0%

81.1%*

 2.% of surveyed women who know that the health card is obtained from the health unit

171 35.6%

440 81.0%

45.4%*

127 24.4%

498 82.0%

57.6%*

298 29.8%

938 81.6%

51.8%*

 3.% of surveyed women who know their right to have their delivery attended by a specialized doctor and in a hospital when experienced prolonged delivery

126 26.3%

410 75.5%

49.2%*

139 26.7%

483 79.6%

52.9%*

265 26.5%

893 77.7%

51.2%*

 4.% of surveyed women who actually possess a health card (from a total of 827 women exposed to pregnancy;363 before and 464 after)

143 39.4%

308 66.1%

26.7%*

229 49.4%

442 76.6%

27.2%*

372 45.0%

750 71.9%

26.9%*

 5.% of surveyed women who know their right to obtain at least two services out of the contents of the health carda

64 13.3%

295 54.3%

41.0%*

72 13.8%

354 58.3%

44.5%*

136 13.6%

649 56.4%

42.8%*

  1. *z test between two proportion, P < 0.05 is significant
  2. aThe most frequent two were: Health Card Contents: 1-Personal data (name, age, address) 2- Health status (e.g. weight, height, blood pressure, blood sugar) 3- History and circumstances of previous deliveries 4- Visits made to health unit and their results