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Table 1 Characteristics of participants of focus groups discussions and key informant interviews

From: “[Repeat] testing and counseling is one of the key [services] that the government should continue providing”: participants’ perceptions on extended repeat HIV testing and enhanced counseling (ERHTEC) for primary HIV prevention in pregnant and lactating women in the PRIMAL study, Uganda

Time

Focus group discussions

Key Informant Interviews

Baseline January 2013

6 FGDs (3 in Kampala, 3 in Kitgum) with:

- 17 pregnant and lactating women

- 18 male partners of pregnant and lactating women

- 17 health workers

None

Mid-study April 2014

6 FGDs (3 in Kampala, 3 in Kitgum) with:

Kampala:

- 4 individually enrolled women

- 4 women enrolled in couple

- 9 men enrolled in couple

- 9 health workers

Kitgum

- 5 individually enrolled women

- 4 women enrolled in couple

- 10 men enrolled in couple

- 9 health workers

None

End of study

July–September 2015

6 FGDs (3 in Kampala, 3 in Kitgum) with:

Kampala

8 individually enrolled women

8 women enrolled in couple

11 men enrolled in couple

Kitgum

6 individually enrolled women

9 women enrolled in couple

10 men enrolled in couple

44 KIIs with:

Kampala

3 women in discordant couples

5 women who stopped breastfeeding

5 women who were still breastfeeding

5 men enrolled in couple

5 women with recurring pregnancies

Kitgum

1 woman in discordant couple

5 women who stopped breastfeeding

4 women who were still breastfeeding

5 men enrolled in couple

5 women with recurring pregnancies

1 woman who seroconverted