Table 1.

Open-ended questions used during focus group discussions with mothers and grandmothers, as well as healthcare professionals.

FGD Guidelines for Informant Mothers and Grandmothers
1.Between formula and breast milk, which do you feel is the better choice for feeding infants and young children, and why?
2.What do you think the mothers should use to feed their babies?
3.How common do you think breastfeeding is in your community?
4.Has anyone heard of something called ‘wet nursing,’ or the practice of giving a child, whose mother cannot breastfeed, to another mother to breastfeed the infant/child for her?
5.What do you think about this practice? And have you ever heard of it being practiced before?
6.Has anyone heard of something called ‘breast milk donation? If so: Could you explain what it is?
7.What do you think about this practice of breast milk donation?
8.Do you think most women would be willing to donate their milk?
9.Would you be willing to donate your milk if you were breastfeeding?
10.What might prevent women from wanting to donate their milk?
11.What will traditional healers and community leaders think of breastmilk donation?
12.Do you have (or have you heard of) any fears about donating your milk?
13.What do you think will help promote breastmilk donation?
FGD Guideline for Healthcare Informants (Additional Questions)
1.What are your thoughts on the establishment and operation of the HMB at the local hospital?
2.Have you been involved at all with this HMB?
3.Is there anything you would like to see done differently at the HMB?
4.How can we make it easier for you to prescribe/supply donor breastmilk?

FGD: focus group discussions. HMB: human milk bank.