| Baseline (pre-intervention and pre- cluster allocation) | Cluster randomisation | Intervention delivery | 1 month post- intervention | 3 months following intervention delivery (to all midwives) | 6 months following intervention delivery (to all midwives) | 3 months postnatal | 6 months postnatal | 9 months postnatal | 12 months postnatal |
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Maternity electronic patient records (all clusters) | Eligible pregnant women’s characteristics |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Random sample of 18 women attending 20-week scan/cluster (all clusters) | Eligibility screening, consent, questionnaire data. Clinical audit (to be carried out after delivery) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Random sample of 18 midwives/cluster (all clusters) | Eligibility screening, consent, baseline questionnaire data | Â | Â | Follow-up questionnaire data | Follow-up questionnaire data | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
All community midwives (intervention arm only, 2 clusters) | Â | Consent, intervention delivery, completion of evaluation forms | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Random sample of 7 midwives/cluster (intervention arm only, 2 clusters) | Â | Â | Consent, focus groups | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Random Sample of 18 women/cluster (all clusters) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Eligibility screening, consent, 3rd trimester questionnaire data, weight measurement | Questionnaire data, weight measurement, clinical audit | Questionnaire data, weight measurement | Questionnaire data, weight measurement | Questionnaire data, weight measurement | |
Random sample of 7 recruited women/cluster (all clusters) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Consent, semi-structured interviews (3rd trimester) | Â | Semi-structured interviews | Â | Â |