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Table 1 Characteristics, number of, and interview techniques used with key informants

From: Maternal and child health voucher scheme in Myanmar: a review of early stage implementation

Category

Key informants

Number of key informants

Qualitative techniques

Township hospital

Station health unit

Rural health centre

Sub-centre

Skilled birth attendants

Doctors

2

-

-

-

Group semi-structured interviews (SSIs) in Myanmar language with English interpreters

Nurses

2

-

-

-

Midwives

2

2

4

1

Lady health visitors

1

1

1

 

Health assistant

1

-

-

-

Non-skilled birth attendants

Auxiliary midwives

-

3

-

3

Traditional birth attendants

-

-

-

1

Beneficiaries

Pregnant women

-

21

3

-

New mothers

-

3

7

-

Relatives

-

-

2

-

Villagers

Villagers

-

11

1

 

Ministry of Health (MoH) and World Health Organization (WHO) staff a

Staff from MoH

-

2

2

 

Individual SSIs in English

Staff from WHO

-

1

2

 
  1. aInterviews with staff from the MoH and WHO were performed at the MoH