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Table 3 Intervention meeting plan

From: Community mobilisation with women's groups facilitated by Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) to improve maternal and newborn health in underserved areas of Jharkhand and Orissa: study protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial

ASHA TRAINING 1

Phase I: Problems

Meeting 1

Introduction to the project

 

Meeting 2

Identifying & prioritizing maternal problems in the community

 

Meeting 3

Identifying & prioritizing neonatal problems in the community

ASHA TRAINING 2

Phase II:

Strategies

Meeting 4

Thermal care for newborns (story on preventing winter deaths)

 

Meeting 5

Understanding causes and solutions for prioritized problems (story focusing on causes, effects and management)

 

Meeting 6

Identifying and prioritising strategies for implementation

 

Meeting 7

Choosing a method & preparing for sharing at the community meeting

 

Meeting 8

Preparing for a community meeting

COMMUNITY MEETING 1 AND ASHA TRAINING 3

Phase III:

Implementation

Meeting 9

Assigning responsibilities for the implementation of strategies

 

Meeting 10

Birth preparedness - Hygienic practices - Essential Newborn Care - Management of twins and low birth weight babies (demonstration)

 

Meeting 11

Understanding & implementing home care strategies using picture cards

 

Meeting 12

Understanding & implementing preventive strategies using picture cards

 

Meeting 13

Understanding & implementing strategies for newborn emergency problems using picture cards

 

ASHA TRAINING 4

 

Meeting 14

Accessing appropriate care (game)

 

Meeting 15

Emergency preparedness for maternal and neonatal problems (role-play)

 

Meeting 16

Preventing maternal deaths through campaigning against the first delay

 

Meeting 17

Learning about strategies implemented by other groups

 

Meeting 18

Preparation for community meeting

  

COMMUNITY MEETING 2

 

ASHA TRAINING 5

Phase IV:

Meeting 19

Phase-wise evaluation

Evaluation

Meeting 20

Evaluation of women's group activities