Change in maternal and newborn health care. Data from two cross-sectional surveys in Ethiopia, 2012 and 2015

This collection comprises the survey instruments and datasets for the household, health facility and frontline worker quantitative surveys which were conducted by the IDEAS project in Ethiopia in 2012 and 2015. Data were collected with the primary aims of demonstrating whether 1) interactions between families and frontline health workers had been enhanced between 2012 and 2015 by increasing in number, improving in quality and becoming more equitable; and 2) whether the coverage of life-saving interventions and behaviours has increased as a result of maternal and newborn health innovations. A sample of 80 villages from four regions were surveyed in 2012 and again in 2015. In both surveys approximately 75 households were visited in each village and women of child-bearing age were interviewed about any births during the previous 24 months. These data were linked to interviews with frontline health workers and with staff at primary or community health facilities which were providing maternal and newborn health services to those households.