Creating spaces for dialogue: a cluster-randomized evaluation of CARE’s Community Score Card on health governance outcomes

Table 4 Selected governance-related outcomes as predicted by participation in CARE’s Community Score Card© (subpopulation analysis^b)

Outcome	Estimate	Confidence Interval	t	P
Trust in health workers	−0.11	− 0.22 - -0.00	− 2.04	.049
Power sharing	0.03	−0.27 - 0.32	0.20	.844
Mutual responsibility	−0.09	−0.16 - -0.03	−2.97	.005
Negotiated spaces participation	0.68	0.41–0.94	5.18	<.001
Joint monitoring and transparency	0.10	0.01–0.20	2.29	.029
Equity and quality	0.11	0.06–0.16	4.27	<.001
Collective efficacy	−0.07	−0.22 - 0.08	−0.99	.331
Outcomes of collective action (direct)	0.13	0.07–0.20	4.02	<.001
Perceived health outcomes of collective action	0.24	0.12–0.35	4.34	<.001
Is the HAC an effective bridge between the health facility and community?	−0.00	−0.08 - 0.07	−0.09	.925
Is there a Community Action Group or Safe Motherhood Committee?	0.15	0.07–0.24	3.70	<.001
Does Community Action Group or Safe Motherhood Committee provide maternal and newborn health support?	−0.02	−0.06 - 0.03	− 0.70	.490
Community help	0.26	0.04–0.48	2.44	.020

^aEstimates were obtained from separate models for each outcome. All models contained the following covariates: religion, ethnicity, current marital status, literacy, number of lifetime live births, wealth index, and nearest health facility providing delivery services
^bAmong those women in the intervention areas who reported a meeting in their community

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