Uterine prolapse prevention in Eastern Nepal: the perspectives of women and health care professionals

Figures & data

Figure 1 Women during a focus group discussion in a village in Saptari.

Photo by Radl and Rajwar.

Table 1 Focus group discussion participants

No	Village	District	Age	Not/affected	Number of women
Focus group discussions
1	Lohajara	Saptari	15–30	No	11
2	Lohajara	Saptari	30+	Yes	8
3	Dhodna VDC	Siraha	30+	Yes	7
4	Dhodna VDC	Siraha	15–30	No	9
5	Birnagar	Siraha	30+	Mixed	7
6	Kalabanger VDC	Siraha	15–30	Yes	11
7	Marewa VDC	Siraha	30+	No	9
8	Jandol VDC	Saptari	Mixed	Pessary user	9

Abbreviation: VDC, Village Development Committee.

Table 2 Qualitative interview participants

No	Sex	Profession	Work	Organization
Qualitative interviews
1	F	Female community health volunteer	A community member educated in and working on safe motherhood	Government
2	M	Community medical assistant	A nurse with basic medical education; head of sub-health post	Government
3	F	Campaigner	Community member working on UP awareness	NGO hired
4	M	Campaigner	Community member working on UP awareness	NGO hired
5	M	Regional project coordinator	Responsible for project coordination in two districts, collaboration between organizations	NGO
6	F	Health supervisor	Field worker on reproductive health issues	NGO
7	M	Radio producer	Doing awareness raising campaigns on local radio, including field visits with other health staff	NGO hired
8	F	Auxiliary nurse and midwife	Midwife in local health post	Government
9	M	District public health officer	Responsible for public health issues on district level	Government
10	F	CEO/sociologist	Responsible for UP coordination on the NGO level	NGO
11	F	Mortality and morbidity officer	Coordinating mortality and morbidity projects/research on women’s health	(I)NGO
12	F	Nurse	Working in mobile health camps	(I)NGO
13	F	Project coordinator	Coordination of developmental projects and UP camps focusing on physiotherapy	(I)NGO
14	F	Doctor/activist	Advocating UP issues on the central level, project coordination, research	(I)NGO NGO
15	F	Senior community nurse administrator	Organizing mobile health camps	Government

Abbreviations: CEO, chief executive officer; (I)NGO, international/nongovernmental organization; NGO, nongovernmental organization; UP, uterine prolapse.

Figure 2 A pathway model of uterine prolapse prevention and treatment according to the study results.

Notes: This diagram is based on the paradigm model of Strauss and Corbin¹⁵ and shows a pathway model including all the major phenomena found in the study that played a role in the prevention and treatment of uterine prolapse. These phenomena illustrate the basis for further analysis and discussion.
Abbreviation: UP, uterine prolapse.

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