Table 1.

Modes of caregiver recognition and response to childhood diarrhea and pneumonia in Badin. Adapted from Colvin et al. [13]

Caregiver recognition and response	Seeking advice and negotiating access	Using the middle layer between home and clinic	Accessing formal bio-medical services
Actors: Caregivers, immediate and extended family members.	Actors: Caregivers, extended family, community members.	Actors: Caregivers, lady health workers, medicine sellers.	Actors: Caregivers, extended family, community, private sector providers, public sector providers, employers.
Factors affecting response: Knowledge of signs and symptoms of diarrhea, dehydration, and pneumonia; previous experience with child illnesses in household or community.	Factors affecting response: Perception of disease severity, belief and experience with home remedies, influence of household elders.	Factors affecting response: Experience with self-medication, knowledge of LHW ability to treat childhood disease, belief in LHWs’ ability to provide appropriate care, availability of medicines with LHWs.	Factors affecting response: Financial consideration, availability of transport, disease severity, location of health facility, perception of public vs private provider competence, attitude, and attentiveness; caregiver work replacement.