Participants randomized to the physical activity intervention were asked to gradually increase their daily activity to 10,000 steps/day.
Then after randomisation, only those allocated to the intervention are asked to participate also in the supervised group exercise programme.
Women interviewed postpartum who were enrolled in the intervention were asked questions to assess their recall of key counseling messages and planning for delivery.
Demographics and additional personal characteristics are recorded at t0 only, and evaluation questions about the participant's experience with the intervention are asked only at t1.
To control for vitamin K intake all participants in the intervention were asked to include one serving of a leafy green vegetable in their diet every day.
Individuals randomized to the gargling intervention were asked to gargle with approximately 30 mL of tap water for 30 seconds twice daily.
The nurses who had participated in the intervention were asked to approach parents who had fulfilled the whole year in the intervention and ask if they were willing to be interviewed about their experiences.
Participants of the intervention are asked to rate their satisfaction with treatment by means of a self-report questionnaire regarding the organization of the intervention, supervision of the physiotherapist and the content of the intervention.
Between January to March, 2011 the community peer supporters delivering the intervention were asked to identify and verbally invite all women receiving the incentives to take part in qualitative interviews, to try and minimise response bias.
But Mills, who first created a stir when she published a 1999 Harvard Law Review article called "Killing Her Softly: Intimate Abuse and the Violence of State Intervention," was asking publicly questions that some in the field have been asking privately.
