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Table 1 Profile of in-depth interviews, focus group discussions and non-formal interactions

From: Time-constrained mother and expanding market: emerging model of under-nutrition in India

A: Stakeholders at state, district, and block levels

Total done in six states

 State Levela

17

 District Level/Block Levelb

34

 Total state, district and block levels

51

B: Stakeholders at community level

 

 Anganwadi Worker (AWW)

12

 Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM ‘S)

12

 ASHA/USHA/Link worker

8

 Non Government Organization (NGO)/Community Based Organization (CBO)

10

 Community Leader

10

 Gram Sabha/Zila Parishad

12

 Self Help Group

10

 Total community level

74

C: Mothers of Index Children

 

 Mothers of moderately undernourished children c

192

 Mothers of mildly undernourished children c

96

 Mothers of normally nourished children c

96

 Total mothers

384

D: First Round Focus Ggroup Discussion (FGD)

 

 Mothers of < 2 years

6

 Mothers of 2–5 years

6

 Grandmothers of < 2 years

6

 Grandmothers of 2–5 years

6

 Father

12

 Anganwadi Workers (AWW)

12

 Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM)

6

 Total First Round of FGD

54

E: Second Round FGDs

 

 Mother (Rural) of <2 years

6

 Mother-in-law (Urban)

6

 Total Second Round of FGD

12

F: Non-Formal Interactions (NFI)

 

 Mothers of <2 and 2–5 years

20

 Grandmothers

8

 Fathers

14

 Grandfathers

8

 ANM/AWW/Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA)

18

 Doctors (Public Health Center/Non formal)

4

 Total Non-formal Interaction

72

  1. aDirector of health services(DHS), Director reproductive child health (RCH), Mission director National health mission (NHM), Director women and child development
  2. bDistrict Magistrate, Chief medical officer, Medical superintendent, District program officer, child development program officer, Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) supervisors
  3. cThe weight for age reference of World Health Organization was utilized to define nutrition and its severity: Normal – SD score > −1; Mild Under-nutrition – SD score < − 1 to > − 2; Moderate Under-nutrition – SD score < −2 to > −3; Severe Under-nutrition – SD score < −3