Table 1 Study participants and interview/FGD guides

Health care providers at health facilities

Nurses

4 FGDs

24

• What do we mean by KMC? What are the components/elements of KMC?

• Barriers and facilitators for KMC

Midwives

4 FGDs

24

Physicians

12 IDIs

12

29 years

Community health workers

Health development army

1 FGD

12

• Are babies usually weighed in a facility? What about at home?

• How long after birth are they usually weighed?

• What do you think is the best care for an early baby/ small baby in the facility?

• Do women receive home visits after deliver within X days? What are the main reasons families may not receive a visit?

• For what reasons would a newborn be referred to a facility? What is the referral process? How well does the referral system work?

Health extension workers (HEWs)

1FGD

12

Community members

Mothers with a Small baby

12 IDIs

12

• Mothers-27 years

• Small babies-24 days

• Was your baby weighed after delivery?

• Were you told the weight?

• How did you feel about the baby being born early?

• What did you think of the health providers in the facility in terms of attitude towards you and your baby?

• What was the experience of KMC being done for the baby?

• What is the family and community support during KMC?

Mothers with a < 2-year old child

2 FGDs

24

• How would families feel if a mother delivered small or preterm baby?

• How would they feel if the baby was born on time but was very small?

• What problems can early babies have? What about small babies?

• Is anything special done for babies that are born early/ small babies?

• Who makes decisions about what is done for small or early babies at the facility, what about at home?

Fathers with a < 2-year old child

1 FGDs

12

• What do you think about your baby’s weight?

• How was your baby cared for after birth?

• What do you understand by KMC?

• What was the experience of KMC being done for the baby? (If the father provided KMC, ask about his experience)

• Did you encounter any difficulty? what were these?

Grandmothers with < 2-year old grandchild

1 FGDs

12