Table 2

Themes of barriers identified from the demand side

BarrierOutcomesImpact
Financial factors

  • Irregular consultation and medicine purchase.

  • Purchase of child centric foods.

  • Less food consumption.

Household factors

  • Dependency on family members for service receiving.

  • Elderly member does not allow to take medicine.

  • Obliged to consume less food.

  • Heavy workload.

  • Lack of interest for service receiving from the family members.

Poor maternal nutrition service usage.Poor nutritional status of pregnant women and poor pregnancy outcomes.
Health/nutrition service factors

  • Insufficient medicine supply.

  • Distance of service centre.

  • Insufficient maternal nutrition services provision.

  • Provide limited service from the service provider’s end.