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Table 3 Factors in health check activities that are related to successful community collaboration in nutritional guidance, assessed by logistic analysis

From: Multi-professional meetings on health checks and communication in providing nutritional guidance for infants and toddlers in Japan: a cross-sectional, national survey-based study

 

n = 988

 

Model 1a

Stepwise

item

OR

95% CI

p

OR

95% CI

p

How staff responded to infants and parents needing support (5 items)

 Implement a pre-conference

Yes

1.45

1.08

1.94

0.014

1.22

0.89

1.66

0.212

No

1.00

   

1.00

   

 Share medical records

Yes

1.01

0.74

1.38

0.949

    

No

1.00

       

 Share verbal information with responsible staff

Yes

1.13

0.85

1.52

0.405

    

No

1.00

       

 Implement a post-conference

Yes

2.82

1.72

4.61

<.0001

2.34

1.39

3.94

0.001

No

1.00

   

1.00

   

 Provide feedback to public health nurses and related organizations

Yes

1.54

1.11

2.15

0.010

    

No

1.00

       

Methods used to evaluate health guidance (5 items)

 Evaluate health guidance for parents

Yes

1.70

1.22

2.37

0.002

    

No

1.00

       

 Use dental caries data in health guidance

Yes

1.82

1.37

2.42

<.0001

1.56

1.16

2.10

0.003

No

1.00

   

1.00

   

 Provide follow-up evaluations for infants before beginning elementary school

Yes

2.01

1.48

2.73

<.0001

1.77

1.29

2.43

0.000

No

1.00

   

1.00

   

 Provide follow-up evaluations for infants after beginning elementary school

Yes

1.19

0.37

3.76

0.772

    

No

1.00

       

 Evaluate health guidance and follow-up

Yes

1.58

1.14

2.18

0.005

    

No

1.00

       
  1. aModel 1: Adjusted for category of subject in 3-year-old infant health examinations, number of Mother Child Handbooks distributed per year, and number of infants followed up per year
  2. OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval