Table 1.
Study sites | All (N = 149) | Lay population (n = 105) | Informal health workers‡ (n = 31) | Formal health workers§ (n = 13) | ||
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Young women* (n = 57) | Elder women† (n = 25) | Fathers (n = 23) | ||||
Niakhar | 79 | 33 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 3 |
Bandafassi | 30 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
Mlomp | 40 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 3 |
* Young women include pregnant women and mothers of children aged < 5 years.
† Elder women are those aged > 45 years.
‡ Informal health workers include seven traditional healers, nine traditional birth attendants, five community health workers, and 10 bajenu gox.
§ Formal health workers include one physician, eight nurses, and four midwives.