Conditional cash transfers to improve use of health facilities by mothers and newborns in conflict affected countries, a prospective population based intervention study from Afghanistan

Table 2 Intervention exposure and contamination

	Number (%) of mothers in intervention villages at endline (‘exposure’) n = 1254	Number (%) of mothers in control villages at endline (‘contamination’) n = 1237
Mother reports that there are active programs promoting institutional delivery in her area and:
There are any programs that give money to a mother if she delivers in a public health centre^b	285/1228^a (23.2%)	95/1189^a (8.0%)
The programs give money to a mother for transportation to a health centre for delivery	231/1228 (18.8%)	97/1189 (8.2%)
The programs give money to CHWs if mothers deliver in a health centre	130/1228 (10.6%)	51/1189 (4.3%)
The programs provide information about the importance of delivering a baby in a health centre	95/1228 (7.7%)	159/1189 (13.4%)
The programs provide transportation to a health centre	380/1228 (30.9%)	194/1189 (16.3%)
Mother reported that she knew she would receive our CCT incentive if she delivered in a health facility^b	118/1254 (9.4%)	119/1237 (9.6%)
Composite measure of CCT program exposure^c	342/1254 (27.3%)	195/1237 (15.8%)

CCT conditional cash transfer
^a 26 women in intervention villages and 48 women in control villages reported they “did not know” and were excluded
^b Included in the composite measure
^c Mother reported that she knew (i) there were programs that would give her money if she delivered in a health facility or (ii) she would receive our conditional cash transfer (CCT) incentive if she delivered in a health facility

ISSN: 1471-2393