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Table 1 Focus groups at the HIV clinic in Kampala, Uganda

From: “How am I going to live?”: exploring barriers to ART adherence among adolescents and young adults living with HIV in Uganda

Participant Type

Eligibility Criteriaa

Participants

Community Advisory Board (n = 1)

Requested attendance from existing CAB members.

9 participants: Community representatives working with the HIV clinic. They had diverse tasks including identifying and introducing new clients to HIV treatment and conducting home visits to support ART adherence.

Providers (n = 2)

Requested participation from a range of different providers with frequent client contact.

Group A: 1 patient advocate, 2 clinic managers, 2 research managers, 1 psychologist, 1 dispensing staff, 1 receptionist

Group B: 5 counselors and 2 dispensing staff

Adolescents and Youth (n = 4)

Primary eligibility confirmed by medical records: HIV-positive; age 14–24; on ART or co-trimoxazole; engaged in HIV care for at least 3 months; not currently pregnant or having any opportunistic infections such as TB.

Additional eligibility confirmed by self-report:

If a minor, must have disclosed HIV status to a caretaker; intention to stay at the clinic for the following year; owned a phone at the time of the study or had regular access to one (at least one hour per day, five days a week); not currently participating in another health-related study.

Exclusion criteria:

Boarding school attendance (as they do not allow phone usage).

Group A with youth boys 18+: 8 boys

Group B with adolescent boys < 18: 6 boys

Group C with youth girls 18+: 6 girls

Group D with adolescent girls < 18: 5 girls

  1. aEligibility criteria for the focus groups were the same used for the larger parent study [21, 24], of which these FGs were a subcomponent