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Table 3 Final node structure

From: Obstetric fistula in southern Mozambique: a qualitative study on women’s experiences of care pregnancy, delivery and post-partum

Actors

• Husband or partner

• Maternal health nurse

• Medical doctor

• Midwife or nurse

• Mother

• Mother-in-law

• Nurse Assistant

• Professional birth attendant

• Self

• Técnico de cirurgia

• Traditional birth attendant

• Traditional healer

Barriers

Decision making

Eating habits

Emotions

Events

• Ante natal period

• Birth

o Delivery

- Type of delivery

o Labor

• Emergency

• Post-partum

Illness or health problems

• Names or types

o Fistula

o Others

• Perceived causes

• Perceived health consequences

• Signs and symptom

o Pain

o Urinary incontinence

Narrative of health care provision

• Communication with health care provider

• Practices

o Instructions

o Interventions

o Referral

• Services

o Antenatal consultation

o Maternal waiting home

o Maternity ward

o Newborn care

o Post-partum consultation

Outcome of pregnancy

• Live birth

• Premature birth

• Stillbirth

Perspectives for the future Place or provider

• Community

• Health facility

o Central hospital

o Health center

o Health post

o Provincial hospital

o Rural or district hospital

• Home

• On the way to the health facility

Preparedness

• Planning

• Resources

Social consequences

• Fulfillment of her role

• Marital outcome

Societal attitudes

• Community attitudes

• Relatives attitude

Support

• Emotional

• Financial

Timing Transport