Process evaluation of a knowledge translation intervention using facilitation of local stakeholder groups to improve neonatal survival in the Quang Ninh province, Vietnam

Table 5 Neonatal mortality rates and odds ratios on neonatal mortality for communes supported in ‘high facilitator’, ‘low facilitator’ or control communes during the third year in the NeoKIP trial

	Type of commune^a
	High facilitator commune	Low facilitator commune	Control commune
Number of communes	27	17	46
Live births	2597	1461	3695
Neonatal deaths	22	25	78
Neonatal deaths / 1,000 live births (95 % confidence interval)	8.5 (5.3–12.8)	17.1 (11.1–25.2)	21.1 (16.7–26.3)
Odds ratio (95 % confidence interval)^b	0.37 (0.19–0.73)	0.75 (0.38–1.48)	1

^aType of commune includes the intervention and control communes in the NeoKIP trial. The intervention communes are stratified into two levels (high facilitator communes and low facilitator communes) based on an assessment of attributes and skills of the facilitators.
^bBased on generalized linear mixed models with type of commune as fixed factor nested within the random factor commune and the outcome measure of neonatal mortality

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