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Table 1 Overview of data sources and description of data

From: Group antenatal care (gANC) for Somali-speaking women in Sweden – a process evaluation

Data source

Description of data

Qualitative data

  Observations

Semi-structured observations of gANC sessions (in total nine by authors MA (n = 7), UB (n = 1), MA & RS (n = 1))

  Interviews

•Complementary interviews with participants in gANC (n = 6)

•In-depth interviews with midwives (n = 4)

•Key-informant interviews with interpreter/research assistants (n = 3)

  Field notes

•Notes from interviews and meetings with the research group, reference group, clinic staff etc

•Additional field notes e.g. from outreach activities

  Questionnaires

•Open-ended questions in questionnaires (women n = 44; midwives n = 8)

Quantitative data

  Logbook

Attendance in group sessions

  Questionnaires

•Participants in gANC; 2 months after birth (n = 44)

•Midwives; post-intervention questionnaire (n = 8)

  Evaluation form for sessions

Completed by the midwives after each session (n = 50)