Data collection
We prepared a semi-structured questionnaire based on the six actionable points in the JHPIEGO (Johns Hopkins Program for International Education in Gynecology and Obstetrics) BPCR assessment tool . We elicited information regarding socio-demographic profile, wife’s obstetric details, and primary decision-maker in the family regarding timing and place of seeking healthcare, knowledge of danger signs and BPCR practices. We validated (by two independent experts), and pilot tested (on 15 recently delivered women in the postnatal ward of a tertiary care hospital in Mangaluru) the questionnaire before the data collection.