| AIM |
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PHASE 1 | IDENTIFY AND PRIORITISE PROBLEMS |
MEETING 1 | Introduce the project and the women's group cycle |
MEETING 2 | Explore local practices and beliefs linked to pregnancy, childbirth and motherhood |
MEETING 3 | Identify maternal problems in the community |
MEETING 4 | Identify newborn health problems |
MEETING 5 | Prioritise the maternal and newborn problems the group wants to focus on |
PHASE 2 | PLAN STRATEGIES |
MEETING 6 | Discuss causes and solutions to local maternal and newborn health problems |
MEETING 7 | Identify strategies arising out of the solutions and understand opportunities and barriers before prioritizing them |
MEETING 8 | Discuss the process of sharing information on problems and strategies with the community |
MEETING 9 | Prepare a community meeting |
 | COMMUNITY MEETING |
PHASE 3 | IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES |
MEETING 10 | Discuss the implementation of strategies |
MEETING 11 | Review the progress of strategy implementation |
MEETING 12 | Discuss how maternal problems can be prevented |
MEETING 13 | Discuss how newborn problems can be prevented |
MEETING 14 | Discuss what home care solutions for selected problems |
MEETING 15 | Discuss facility-based care for selected problems |
MEETING 16 | Identify which problems are emergencies, prepare the group for emergencies and discuss ways of addressing delays in care-seeking |
MEETING 17 | Identify emergency and non-emergency problems, appropriate responses and referrals |
MEETING 18 | Learn about the activities of other groups and prepare for a cluster-level community meeting |
 | CLUSTER-LEVEL COMMUNITY MEETING |
PHASE 4 | ASSESS IMPACT |
MEETING 19 | Review the cluster community meeting, discuss the activities and achievements of the group and evaluate each phase of the cycle |
MEETING 20 | Discuss possible behavioural changes linked to the intervention that occurred in the wider community |