Table 2 Themes, categories and sub-categories from midwives’ experiences
Themes | Categories | Sub-Categories | |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Interventions for preventing PPH | Antenatal care interventions Interventions for preventing PPH during labour and childbirth | Antenatal assessment, diagnosis and treatment of anaemia Antenatal education and health promotion |
2 | Approaches to PPH management | Medical care Emotional care | |
3 | Challenges associated with prevention and management of PPH | Issues with access to maternity care Effects of inadequate resources on prevention and management of PPH | |
4 | Ways of supporting midwives to overcome the challenges of preventing and managing PPH in rural health care settings |