Box 3. ECD task categories, indicators and data collection methods.

Task categories	Process indicators and data collection methods
Task categories	Quantitative	Qualitative
Organisational
Provider engagement and public–private partnership	Number of clinics reviewed and short-listed for selection Number of clinic doctors and clinic assistants trained	Types of clinics suitable for ECD care Objectivity and transparency of clinic selection
Community engagement through community advocates	Number of community advocates recruited for ECD care promotion Number/proportion of mother–child pairs referred by community advocates	Types of advocates engaged Enabling of advocates
Other	Attrition of clinics form ECD care intervention Number of monitoring visits	Any subsidy (by private clinics) on ECD care visits
Case management
Care delivery by private clinic assistant (structured counselling)	Number of mothers counseled	Integrating ECD counselling in routine care Use of pictorial tool for mother counselling
Care delivery by private clinic doctor	Number of children identified with development delays	Child development assessment and recording
Continuity of care
Follow-up by private clinic	Number of mother–child pair attending quarterly follow-ups Relationship between adherence and child development	Mothers adherence to follow-up visits Clinic staff action for better follow-up adherence
Referral by private clinic	Children referred for specialist care	Referral arrangements: access and cost Referral experiences of clinic staff and mothers