Our second analysis tested the hypothesis that the implementation of PBF increased the probability of a caregiver seeking facility-based curative care services for a sick child.
Important aspects reported to be associated with experiences of postpartum hospital care are the content and provision of information, support and follow-up, communication with caregivers, care facilities, as well as staff attitudes, behaviour, and competence [ 1, 2, 13- 19].
Moslems keep in touch with mosques, Christians keep in touch with the church.' P1 facility A, male, age 49, not on ART The perceived benefits of spiritual support were described by a caregiver at facility G, a missionary hospital: 'Spiritual counselling helps us because it brings everyone (healthcare worker, patient and caregiver) closer to God.
Residents, their caregivers, and facility physicians were interviewed.
The national iCCM program is highly appreciated by stakeholders, including caregivers, VHTs, facility-based health workers, and district personnel.
Using structured questionnaires, data were collected by purpose-trained geriatricians or residents in geriatrics, during interviews conducted with participants, their main caregivers, and facility physicians.
The final set of participants included 84 residents aged 60 years and over, and their five nonprofessional caregivers (LTC facility staff members).
Formal caregivers at the facilities were informed and potential participants were sent an information letter by their caregivers, 169 of whom gave written informed consent.
Despite ADDOs being closer to their homes than health facilities, caregivers by-passed these outlets and sought treatment at health facilities.
Encounters with people such as those with poliomyelitis, caregivers at care facilities, and ordinary citizens obliged participants to reflectively consider the definitions of human beings and the self.
