Table 1 Demographic distribution of study participants (ANC and laboratory staff; pregnant women)
Demographic distribution of staff [N = 11] | |||
Facility | Job Role | Length of Service at Facility | |
Government Hospital (GH) | Midwifery Officer | 7 years | |
Senior Midwifery Officer | 8 years (with previous experience elsewhere) | ||
Deputy Head of Nursing | 12 years (with considerable previous experience elsewhere) | ||
Deputy Head of Laboratory Services | 1.5 years (with 1.5 years’ experience elsewhere) | ||
Laboratory Assistant | 19 years (with previous experience elsewhere) | ||
Government Health Centre (GHC) | Midwifery officer | 2 weeks (with previous experience elsewhere) | |
Principal Laboratory Assistant | 13 years | ||
Private Maternity Clinic (PMC) | Ward Assistant | 11 years | |
Midwife in-charge | 21 years | ||
Ward Assistant | 2 years (with 1-year experience elsewhere) | ||
Laboratory Scientist | 13 years | ||
Demographic distribution of pregnant women [N = 40] | |||
Facility | Characteristics | Count | |
Government Hospital (GH) [n = 18] | Age group (years) | 18–25 | 11 |
26–30 | 3 | ||
31–35 | 3 | ||
> 35 | 1 | ||
Gestational age (months) | 0–3 | 1 | |
4–6 | 11 | ||
> 6 | 6 | ||
Level of education | None | 0 | |
Primary | 1 | ||
Secondary | 15 | ||
Tertiary | 2 | ||
Government Health Centre (GHC) [n = 14] | Age group (years) | 18–25 | 8 |
26–30 | 5 | ||
31–35 | 0 | ||
> 35 | 1 | ||
Gestational age (months) | 0–3 | 3 | |
4–6 | 2 | ||
> 6 | 9 | ||
Level of education | None | 2 | |
Primary | 3 | ||
Secondary | 9 | ||
Tertiary | 0 | ||
Private Maternity Clinic (PMC) [n = 8] | Age group (years) | 18–25 | 3 |
26–30 | 3 | ||
31–35 | 0 | ||
> 35 | 0 | ||
Gestational age (months) | 0–3 | 2 | |
4–6 | 3 | ||
> 6 | 3 | ||
Level of education | None | 0 | |
Primary | 2 | ||
Secondary | 6 | ||
Tertiary | 0 | ||