Table 3 Intervention meeting plan
| 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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 |