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. 2019 Jan 29;34(1):24–36. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czy105

Table 3.

Additional inclusion criteria for each key informant group

Key informant type Description
All participants
  • Age 18 years or older

  • Have adequate knowledge or experiences related to childhood survival specified for each participant group below

  • Speak English or the most common local language,

  • Able to provide written or verbal informed consent.

Ministry of Health
  • National or provincial-level officials working in government-level health care system administration, policy-making, programme development or leadership.

  • All officials working in areas related to MNCH were eligible.

Donor partners
  • Individuals working as directors, managers or other leaders of entities providing financial or other aid for MNCH services, or serving as the implementing partner.

  • International or national organizations focusing entirely on MNCH or with MNCH as one component of their mission.

  • Organizations had to be officially registered in the country.

Members of community-based organizations
  • Directors, leaders, managers working for a CBO involved in or providing referrals to MNCH services within the study site.

  • Organizations had to be officially registered in the country.

Health care providers
  • Professionally trained physicians, nurses, clinical officers or other health-related staff such as environmental health technicians, pharmacists or community health workers.

  • Working in a health facility providing MNCH care.