Table 2.
Domains, categories, themes, and sub-themes from interviews and focus groups with Malawian women after a poor obstetric outcome
| Domain | Theme | Sub-theme |
|---|---|---|
| Birth spacing plans and influences | a. Biological | 1) Role of the incident pregnancy and number of living children |
| 2) Return to fertility: correct and incorrect knowledge | ||
| 3) Gaining strength after birth | ||
| 4) Influence of delivery experience/maternal health | ||
| 5) Replacing the deceased child | ||
| b. Social | 1) Care for existing children/preparing for next child | |
| 2) Husband’s desires/Concerns about marital conflict | ||
| 3) Influence of family/friends | ||
| Acceptable educational interventions to promote birth spacing | a. Personal experience with birth spacing education | |
| b. Recommendations for birth spacing interventions | 1) Timing of birth spacing intervention | |
| 2) Location of birth spacing intervention | ||
| 3) Providers of birth spacing intervention | ||
| 4) Group or individual sessions | ||
| 5) Involving men in birth spacing intervention |