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.