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Table 1 The qualitative interviews in Guangxi

From: Towards universal access to skilled birth attendance: the process of transforming the role of traditional birth attendants in Rural China

Type of respondent

Definition

No. of interviews

Politician

Political figures at regional and county levels

4

Policy-maker/planner

Health public sector officials whose responsibilities include the formulation, development, monitoring and implementation of health policies at region and county level

4

Health manager

Programme managers who focus on policy implementation at county and township level

3

Health staff

Health staff in the township hospital who was at the frontline of service delivery

1

Civil society

Organised entities including professional association and international organization

2

Mothers with kid younger than 3 years old

Women in the rural villages who had childbirth within 3 years

8

Mothers-in-law with grandchild younger than 3 years old

Women in the villages whose daughter-in-law had childbirth within 3 years

2

Village cadre for women affairs

Female cadre in the villages responsible for women affairs

2

Village maternal and child health worker

Village maternal and child health worker who transformed from the former traditional birth attendant

2

Former traditional birth attendant

Women who provided attendance for home delivery in villages but stopped home birth attendance after the implementation of institution-based delivery

5

Total

 

33

  1. In 2014, one more follow up interview was conducted with a key polic maker who had been interviewed in 2007 to understand the policy sustainability