Family engagement
anemia
ANEMIA
Counselors worked with women to find a convenient time for the VC, but this often meant that we were unable to uniformly engage family members in the counseling. Sometimes women preferred not to engage family members and felt more comfortable discussing their pregnancy with counselors. Given the contextual challenges of intrahousehold hierarchies and differences in working hours of women and family members we note that family engagement may not have been an optimal intervention design. Household visits, group-based interventions, or couples counseling may have better engaged families in addressing anemia. Formative research and a prolonged period of piloting is recommended in similar LMIC settings.