Table 4.
Identified problems and implemented actions among 44 maternal and newborn health groups for individual intervention years and the entire intervention period
| First year | Second year | Third year | All 3 years | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Problems | Number of unique problems (n) | 27 | 20 | 15 | 32 |
| Total number of times unique problems were identified (n) | 151 | 135 | 94 | 206 | |
| Five most commonly identified problems (n)a | Low frequency of antenatal visits at the right time (30) | Low frequency of antenatal visits at the right time (39) | Low frequency of antenatal visits at the right time (33) | Low frequency of antenatal visits at the right time (42) | |
| Low frequency of postnatal home visits (24) | Low frequency of postnatal home visits (28) | Low frequency of postnatal home visits (26) | Low frequency of postnatal home visits (33) | ||
| Little awareness among pregnant women of appropriate diet regime, work and rest (20) | High frequency of home deliveries (14) | High frequency of home deliveries (14) | Little awareness among pregnant women of appropriate diet, work and rest (23) | ||
| Little awareness among pregnant women of antenatal care (13) | Little awareness among pregnant women of appropriate diet regime, work and rest (12) | Low rate of exclusive breastfeeding (7) | High frequency of home deliveries (16) | ||
| Little awareness among pregnant women of appropriate breastfeeding practices (10) | Low rate of exclusive breastfeeding (9) | Little awareness among pregnant women about appropriate breastfeeding practices (2) Little awareness among pregnant women about appropriate diet regime, work and rest (2) Low rate of tetanus vaccination (2) | Little awareness among pregnant women of appropriate breastfeeding practices (14) | ||
| Actions | Number of unique actions (n) | 25 | 27 | 19 | 39 |
| Total number of times unique actions were implemented (n) | 649 | 511 | 297 | 933 | |
| Five most commonly implemented actions (n)a | Counselling at community health centre (123) | Counsel and mobilize women at their home (108) | Counsel and mobilize women at their home (72) | Counsel and mobilize women at their home (170) | |
| Communication at community meetings (115) | Communication at community meetings (105) | Communication at community meetings (65) | Communication at community meetings (168) | ||
| Counsel and mobilize women at their home (108) | Counselling at community health centre (98) | Counselling at community health centre (60) | Counselling at community health centre (164) | ||
| Communication through loudspeakers (83) | Communication through loudspeakers (61) | Postnatal home visits (41) | Communication through loudspeakers (105) | ||
| Write communication papers (68) | Postnatal home visits (44) | Communication through loudspeakers (33) | Write communication papers (68) |
aSee Additional file 3 for a list of all problems and actions