Table 2.
Themes and example content.
| Theme | Description of the theme | Example content |
| Sociodemographics | Questions to obtain personal information including age, native language, and marital status | “What year were you born?” |
| Risk assessment | Questions to assess any risks the individual might have been exposed to, including the number of sexual partners, drug consumption, and medical history such as having had an operation or received a blood transfusion | “In the last 12 months, how many sexual partners have you had?” |
| Health education content | Educational information including the definition of viruses being tested, how these viruses can be contracted, and what treatment options exist | “How is hepatitis B treated?” |
| RDTa education content | Educational information about what RDT is, how they are conducted, and reliability of the results | “How does a RDT work?” |
| Motivation to get tested | The reason why the migrant chose to be tested | “These viruses are frequent in my home country.” |
| Confidentiality | Information about the nature of the testing and results | “This consultation is confidential and the information exchanged will not be shared with anyone.” |
| Consent | A question to obtain informed consent to be tested | “Do you want to be tested?” |
| Barriers to testing | If the migrant chose not to be tested, the reason for the rejection | “I’m afraid of losing my family.” |
| Test results | The results of the RDT and what they might imply | “Your test for the hepatitis C virus is positive. These results are preliminary and therefore an IV blood draw is needed to confirm the result. We will schedule an appointment together for confirmatory testing.” |
aRDT: rapid diagnostic testing.