Table 3 Example quotes from care group volunteers and caregivers
Theme | Participant | Example quote |
|---|---|---|
Roles within the community | Care group volunteers | “we help in identifying malnourished children and referring them to PCI health workers” |
“we also go into the village to find beneficiaries” | ||
“we meet once every month with the health promoter and they teach us how we can work in our areas” | ||
“we go to the households of beneficiary children to see how they prepare the ration and we check if they are following the instructions” | ||
“We inspect homes of beneficiary children to see if the mothers are properly feeding the children; if they are not, we remind them of the instructions that they were given.” | ||
“We also empower women not to ultimately rely on the ration that they get … through teaching them how to prepare nutritious food from locally available materials.” | ||
Communication process | Care group volunteers | “The health promoter comes to teach us on cooking porridge and other foods. Finally, we meet at one household where we teach the women what the health promoters taught us.” |
“They teach us different things which in turn we deliver to the women.” | ||
Caregivers | “Yes, we do receive instructions on how to cook and take care of the ration. ” | |
“The Health Promoters taught us all this.” | ||
Knowledge exchange | Care group volunteers | “We teach the women how to prepare and feed the child corn soy blend porridge” |
“we tell them that they should practice hygiene and the household should be clean” | ||
“I encourage women not to sell or share the ration” | ||
Caregivers | “Yes, we were told to first of all clean a pot and measure corn soy blend into the pot, then add 6 tablespoons of oil into the corn soy blend; then add water and stir thoroughly. After that, we were told to put the pot on fire and cook the porridge for 40 min.” | |
“We were told not to sell or share the ration” | ||
“We were told to take care of it and keep it safe from rats, roaches and dust” | ||
“they also tell us not to share the foods to neighbors because they are medicine to the children” | ||
“We were told to always use ration oil when preparing the porridge” | ||
“They teach us on measurements; how much of the CSB and oil to use. They also instruct us to cook the CSB porridge for the beneficiary child only and always to measure the recommended amount.” |