Table 3 Summary of the views of caregivers and healthcare workers (HCWs) regarding the home environments of caregivers
Caregivers | HCWs | |
|---|---|---|
Weather | ‘Sometimes it could rain …Then sometimes in the morning it was very cold…So it was a challenge to me.’ – IDI.M.5 | ‘The only challenge is, er, those you can’t control, you know like its rainy season’ – IDI.HCW2.1 |
Neighbourhood | It is not so clean, and it has a high population. Whenever I go out, many children gather, and they come to touch him, and it doesn’t make me happy.‘ – IDI.M.6 | ‘In the environment where she stays there is so many people so whenever she takes the baby out, they say everyone comes around.’ – IDI.HCW1.1 |
Mosquitos | ‘… and mosquitos are very many in the area’ – IDI.M.6 | ‘At least your home is ok, because you will keep your baby in the bedroom, nobody will come there anyhow. That’s the advantage of it.’ - IDI.HCW3.1 |
Visitors | ‘The challenge there are some stubborn visitors who will just forcefully come to see them.’ – IDI.M.5 | |
Electricity | ‘If there is no power, you can improvise using a charcoal stove, trying to cause some heat for the baby.’ - IDI.M.4 |