Table 1

Themes covered for qualitative data

Category of participantsMethod of data collectionKey themes covered
Community

  • Pregnant women (n=5)

  • Recently delivered women (n=6)

  • Mother of under 5 children (n=6)

  • Mothers-in-law (n=5)

  • Husbands (n=4)

Focus group discussions (FGDs)
Venue: schools, NGO, madrassa (religious place) and anganwadi centres*

  • Health and nutritional status

  • Cultural practices for nutrition during pregnancy

  • Care-seeking behaviour during pregnancy

  • Barriers to accessing care during pregnancy

  • Quality of care experienced in various healthcare settings (public and private)

Healthcare providers

  • Public health system (n=6)

  • Private (n=5)

  • Others (n=4)

    (AWW, TBAs)

In-depth interviews
Venue: clinics of healthcare providers or homes of key informants

  • Care-seeking pattern among the community during pregnancy

  • Challenges to improving maternal and child health among the urban poor

  • Feasibility of proposed intervention

ANC clinic attendees (n=9)Exit interviews
(preANC and postANC check ups)
Venue: clinics

  • Experience of care during ANC visit

  • Satisfaction levels of the individual about care

  • *The word anganwadi means ‘courtyard shelter’ in Hindi. They were started by the Indian government in 1975 as part of the Integrated Child Development Services programme to combat child hunger and malnutrition.

  • ANC, antenatal care; AWW, anganwadi workers; TBA, traditional birth attendants (Dai).