Table 3 Participants of in-depth interviews and focus group discussions
Type of participants | Recruitment of participants |
|---|---|
Household members experiencing newborn illness or death (18–35 years) | |
Mother or primary caretaker of sick newborn: 11 IDIs at hospital during illness, 9 follow-up IDIs Mother or primary caretaker who faced newborn death: 5 urban IDIs, 5 rural IDIs | Sick newborn identified during hospital admission (> 1 day) by PI Recruited through Butajira Rural Health Program (BHRP) |
1 IDI with key informant from health bureau | From health bureau |
Health workers involved in newborn health care (20–35 years) | |
3 IDIs with Medical Doctors 7 IDIs with nurses and midwifes 1 FGD with nurses and midwifes 1 FGD with health extension workers (HEWs) | From hospitals and health centers From hospital, health center and kebeles, HEWs through BHRP |
Community members (20–73 years) | |
1 FGD with women in reproductive age with child < 1 year (urban) 1 FGD with women in reproductive age with child < 1 year (rural) 1 FGD with husbands with wife with child < 1 year (rural) 1 FGD with grandmothers (rural) 1 FGD with religious leaders and elders (urban) | From communities in three selected kebeles, recruited through BHRP |