Table 1
Participants.
| MEETINGS | INTERVIEWS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REGION X | REGION Y | TOTAL | REGION X | REGION Y | TOTAL | |
| Maternity care participants | ||||||
| Client | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Maternity care assistant | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Primary care midwife | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| General practitioner providing maternity care | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hospital-based midwife | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Obstetric nurse | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Obstetrician | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Pediatrician | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Subtotal | 14 | 14 | 28 | 9 | 12 | 21 |
| External participants | ||||||
| Researchers | 2* | 2* | 2* | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Chairperson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Subtotal | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 17* | 17* | 32* | 10 | 13 | 23 |
| * These were the same two researchers in both regions, therefore the total is 32 (and not 17 + 17 = 34) | ||||||
Table 2
Involved stakeholders and monitors.
| COMPOSITION | ROLE | |
|---|---|---|
| Regional stakeholders | Maternity care professionals as members of regional obstetric partnerships; individual clients and clients organized in a “motherboard”; managers from the participating regions | Periodical meetings to update how the project progressed and/or to give us advice or input and/or to jointly organize meetings (for example a thematic meeting on postpartum care experiences) |
| Project group | Internal researchers, experts, and project managers with backgrounds in midwifery, psychology, sociology, health sciences and public health | Guiding, supervising, and supporting the execution of the study’s activities in daily practice |
| Steering group | External care professionals, researchers and policymakers in midwifery, obstetrics, and client/patient advocacy and public health | Monitoring the project’s development and compliance with the research goals at a more general level, through annual meetings and newsletters |
Figure 1
Model of the observed dynamic and impact.