Conceptual framework of data collection process.
sepsis, eclampsia
ECLAMPSIA, COVID-19 INFECTION, ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE, SEPSIS, COMPLICATIONS
The questionnaire is subdivided into three main sections–screening measure, baseline survey, and end-line survey. During the baseline period, we will screen pregnant mothers using the screening tools. The screening tools will include mothers who will give consent and exclude pregnant mothers with severe pregnancy-related complications, such as eclampsia, antepartum hemorrhage, sepsis, and/or COVID-19 infection. The baseline section is designed to collect data of the respondents about the socio-demographic information, pregnancy-related information, such as parity, gravida, months of pregnancy at the first antenatal visit, counseling on facility visit, birth preparedness plan, knowledge on danger signs, location, and outcome of previous pregnancy and existing comorbidities, and other information such as personal belief, social norm, choice of delivery place, health-seeking behavior in general, and the distance between the respondent’s home, and the nearest healthcare facility. It will take approximately 20 minutes to complete the baseline section of the data collection tool. The pregnant mothers will then be followed-up until their delivery. Then their delivery-related data, such as place of delivery, mode of delivery, and the delivery outcome, will be collected at the end line of the study period using the relevant section of the questionnaire, which will take about 10 minutes to fill up.Since the baseline, the end line data collection will be done at the end of the fourth month of the study period. The baseline and end-line data collections will be done by face-to-face interviews. The questions will be read out to the participants and the data collectors will fill up the questionnaire with the information given by the mothers. The mothers who will have post-dated delivery, develop severe pregnancy-related complications, will be lost to follow-up, or die during the study period will be excluded from the study. We will exclude post-dated deliveries and mothers with severe pregnancy-related complications as, by nature of the emergence, these deliveries are conducted in the healthcare facility and do not depend on the choice of the respondent.