Table 2 Description of data collection methods
Data collection methods | Participants | Type of data |
|---|---|---|
Household surveys (baseline, midterm, endline) and quarterly monitoring surveys for the first three quarters of the intervention | Women and men of reproductive age | Participant demographics, birth preparedness practices, MNH service utilisation, newborn care practices, newborn death, saving practices, transport used to the health facility |
Focus group discussions | Women and men of reproductive age | Perceived quality of MNH services, factors influencing MNH service utilisation and delivery, newborn care practices, saving practices, attendance of community dialogues and associated factors, access to transport services, birth preparedness, male involvement, perceptions about the MANIFEST intervention implementation |
Key informant interviews | Health workers, local leaders and district health management team | |
Supportive supervision | Facilities that provide MNH services | Availability of MNH services, availability of essential drugs, equipment and skilled health workers |
Health facility records review | Facilities that provide MNH services | MNH service utilisation data, stillbirths, newborn deaths and maternal death |
VHT monthly reports | VHTs from 840 villages in the intervention area | Monthly reports on newborn deaths, maternal deaths, women reached during home visits disaggregated by age |
VHT surveys | VHTs | Knowledge about danger signs during pregnancy, delivery and postpartum, knowledge about the savings and transport component |