Table 1 Participant characteristics
Health professionals | n = 22 | Ethnic minority womena | n = 37 | Grandmothers | n = 5 | Key informants | n = 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex |  | Age (range 18–33) |  | Age (range 47–55) |  | Sex |  |
 Male | 7 |  <  20 | 7 |  45–49 | 2 |  Male | 1 |
 Female | 15 |  20–24 | 21 |  50+ | 3 |  Female | 1 |
Age (range 21–57) |  |  25–29 | 5 | Ethnicity |  | Age (range 25–27) |  |
 < 25 | 1 |  30–34 | 4 |  Thai | 5 |  25–29 | 2 |
 25–34 | 10 | Ethnicity |  | Years of school |  | Ethnicity |  |
 34–44 | 3 |  Thai | 28 |  None | 1 |  Hmong | 2 |
 45+ | 8 |  Hmong | 9 |  1–6 | 4 | Years of school |  |
Primary health care position |  | Years of school |  | Children (n) |  |  7–12 | 2 |
 Medical assistant | 11 |  None | 5 |  2 | 1 |  |  |
 Midwife | 6 |  1–6 | 10 |  3 | 1 |  |  |
 Doctor | 2 |  7–12 | 19 |  4+ | 3 |  |  |
 Pharmacist | 2 |  12+ | 3 | Grandchildren (n) |  |  |  |
 Nurse | 1 | Children (n) |  |  1 | 1 |  |  |
Years of practice (range 2 months – 38 years) |  |  0 | 9 |  2 | 2 |  |  |
 < 10 | 10 |  1 | 14 |  3+ | 2 |  |  |
 10–19 | 4 |  2 | 12 |  |  |  |  |
 20–29 | 5 |  3+ | 2 |  |  |  |  |
 30+ | 3 | Currently pregnant | 16 |  |  |  |  |