Table 3.

Summary of healthcare providers' perceptions of factors (barriers and facilitators) related to use of national FP guideline

Theme	Subthemes
Knowledge and access	Awareness of guideline existence. Understanding of guideline purpose. Dissemination/availability of the guideline. Size of the guideline. Language and layout of the guideline.
Quality of the guideline	Scope of the guideline. Content of the guideline.
Provider behaviour and values	Beliefs of providers (eg, views about what should be provided based on religion). Values (eg, commitment to use of health standards). Habits (eg, practice according to traditional ways of doing things and expert knowledge of providers).
Support and supervision from managers	Supervision. Monitoring of guideline implementation. Incentives created for guideline implementation.
Resource availability: time and workforce	Availability of trained providers. Time pressure. Required activities.
Training	Frequency of training. Content of training. Peer-learning.

FP, family planning.