Table 1 Proposed sample sizes for each study objective
Aurangabad GMCH | Miraj GMC + Sangli Hospital | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Method | Sample sizes | Total Aurangabad | Sample size | Total Miraj/Sangli | Total number of participants | |
Objective 1a: stakeholder consultation, group discussion | ||||||
Heads of departments, senior doctors, and nurse in charge | Group discussion + participatory mapping | 1 (8–10) | 1 (8–10) | 1 | 1 | 20 |
Objective 1c: assessing training relevance health care providers and health managers | ||||||
Doctors | Post-training IDI | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
Nurses, social workers, and support staff | Post-training IDI | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
Post-training FGD | 1 (8–10) | 1 (8–10) | 1 (8–10) | 1 (8–10) | 20 | |
Managers; heads of departments, professors/associate professors | IDI (post-training) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Total | 28 provider IDI + 4 FGD | |||||
Objective 2: understanding women’s perceptions of care received in response to disclosure of violence | ||||||
Women identified as being affected by violence | IDI (after provider trainings) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
Objective 1 b and 3: provider training, assessment of changes resulting from training, and validation of the instrument used to measure health care provider performance | ||||||
Doctors including managers | Training + pre/post-training, and post-6 month survey | 33 | 30 | 95 | 63 | |
Nurses, social workers, and support staff including managers | Training + pre/post-training, and post-6 month survey | 75 | 32 | 162 | 107 | |
170 providers | ||||||