Tool | Original Data Source | Description | Timing |
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Quantitative data collection tools | |||
Delivery and Neonatal Outcomes | Delivery Register at Health Facility | Extract key information about maternal and neonatal delivery outcomes | Monthly collection of previous calendar month |
Referrals | Maternity Ward Admission Register at Health Facility | Extract information about referrals. In the absence of this register, the information will be extracted from the appropriate improvised register found at the health facility. | Monthly collection of previous calendar month |
Postnatal Care | Postnatal Register at Health Facility | Extract key information about postnatal care utilization. | Monthly collection of previous 2 calendar months |
MWH Register | MWH Register at MWH | Extract information about pregnant, waiting, and postpartum women using the MWH. | Monthly collection of previous 2 calendar months |
Others Register | Others Register at MWH | Extract information about anyone not included in the MWH Register who are using the MWH. | Monthly collection of previous calendar month |
Activity Log | Activity Log at MWH | Extract information about activities that occur at the mothers’ shelter. | Monthly collection of previous calendar month |
Core Model Checklist | Observation of MWH and Consultation with MWH Management | Collect information on infrastructure, equipment and supplies, management function, linkages with the associated health facility, and educational services being offered at the MWH. Questions were designed to address each component of the Core Model that guides the overarching implementation for the MHA. | Monthly collection based on current observations |
MWH Experience Survey | Women currently using the MWH | This is primarily a quantitative instrument that captures women’s general perceptions of and experience in the MWH (or other facility-affiliated structure in control sites) as related to the Core Model components; opportunity costs incurred while staying at the MWH; and intended future use. | Monthly |
Health Facility Assessment | Health facility staff | This short tool will be used to assess the capacity of the health facility to manage obstetric complications. | Monthly |
Qualitative data collection tools | |||
In-depth Interviews | 1) Provincial & District Government 2) Health Facility Staff 3) MWH Governance 4) MWH Management 5) IGA | Elicit information on the challenges, strengths, and perceived impact of the maternity home on the health facility staff and perceived patient behavior in terms of utilization, bypassing, etc. Also elicit perceptions of MWH within the health system and changes in prioritizing, financing, and planning for MWHs. Themes will include perspectives on governance and management challenges and successes, progress toward financial and operational sustainability, perspectives on community ownership of the MWH, MWH responsiveness to community needs/acceptability, and ideas for improvements. Elicit information on challenges and successes of the IGAs and perceived impact of the IGAs on the MWHs. | Every 6 months |
Focus Group Discussions | 1) Pregnant or women with a child under 1 year 2) Men with a child under age 1 3) Community elders or mother-in-law 4) SMAG members | The FGDs will elicit perspectives on: 1) the quality of the mothers’ shelters, 2) community ownership, 3) barriers and facilitators to access to care, 4) thoughts on sustainability, 5) thoughts on ways to improve each domain. | Once a year in 2016, 2017, and 2018 |
IGA-specific data collection tools | |||
Main Cashbooks | Maternity Waiting Home Main Cashbook | Extract information about the revenue and expenses for the MWHs and the IGAs. | Monthly collection of previous calendar month |
Sales Journals | IGA Sales Journal | Extract information about the items sold at each IGA. | Monthly collection of previous calendar month |
Monthly Goat Stock | Monthly Goat Stock Taking Book | Extract information about the change in goat numbers each month at the Goat Rearing IGAs. | Monthly collection of previous calendar month |