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Table 1 Study participants for KIIs and FGDs

From: Perceptions of parents and healthcare professionals regarding minimal invasive tissue sampling to identify the cause of death in stillbirths and neonates: a qualitative study protocol

 

Sample range

Participants for Key-informant Interviews (KIIs)

 Medical director

01 KIIs

 Healthcare providers at NICH (Doctors/ nurses/ midwives)

02–03 KIIs

 Professionals involved in proceedings related to death and dying (e.g., mortuary attendants, body preparers)

01–02 KIIs

 Religious leaders

01–03 KIIs

 Health sector government representatives (Secretary Health, Sindh)

01 KIIs

 Public Health Experts (representatives of key international NGOs)

01–03 KIIs

 Clinicians (MCH specialists, obstetrician and neonatologist)

02 KIIs

 Expert from Bioethics committee

01 KIIs

Participants for Focus Group Discussion (FGDs)

 Mothers of newborns who are visiting OPD and well-baby clinics of NICH hospital for regular post-natal check-ups

03

 Fathers of newborns who are visiting OPD and well-baby clinics of NICH hospital for regular post-natal check-ups

03

 Parents of newborns who are visiting OPD and well-baby clinics of NICH hospital for regular post-natal check-ups

02

 Relatives of deceased (Aunts/ uncles)

02