Participatory approach to design social accountability interventions to improve maternal health services: a case study from the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Table 1 Characteristics of participants in group meetings

Participants	Location	Number	Sex		Age	Education
Participants	Location	Number	M	F	Age	Lowest	Highest
Focus groups
Representatives of the Health sector and local authorities	Muanda	12	9	3	30–65	P5	MPH
Representatives of the Health sector and local authorities	Bolenge	8	7	1	31–45	U3	G/MD
Community Health workers and Health committee members	Muanda	12	6	6	23–67	P6	U3
Community Health workers and Health committee members	Bolenge	12	7	5	25–65	P4	U1
Men and men’s groups representatives	Muanda	12	12	-	25–57	P6	U2
Men and men’s groups representatives	Bolenge	12	12	-	31–63	P4	U1
Women and women’s groups representatives	Muanda	12	-	12	23–45	P6	S6
Women and women’s groups representatives	Bolenge	12	-	12	22–54	NE	S6
Dialogue meetings	Muanda	12	6	6	32–55	S2	MPH
Dialogue meetings	Bolenge	12	6	6	33–60	S3	G/MD
Health partners	Kinshasa	5	5	0	32–55	G	MPH
Total		121	70	51	22–67	No	MPH

NE No education, P Primary school, S Secondary school, U Undergraduate, G Graduate, MD Medical doctor MPH Master in Public Health, Lecture: S2 second level of secondary school

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