Table 1.
Topics included in data collection at different points in time
| First ANC visit (T1) |
Late pregnancy (T2) |
Postpartum (T3) |
|
| HIV/AIDS stigma and discrimination | |||
| Anticipated stigma scale* | X | X | X |
| Perceived community stigma scale* | X | X | X |
| Scale of enacted stigma and self-stigma for PLWHA* | X | X | |
| Other determinants of maternity service use | |||
| Socio-demographics: age, education, wealth, parity, etc | X | ||
| Date of last monthly period (LMP) / weeks of pregnancy | X | ||
| Distance, access to transport, from home to health facility | X | ||
| Perception of the quality of maternity care at health facility | X | X | X |
| Other determinants of HIV service use | |||
| HIV knowledge scale* | X | X | X |
| Knowledge about maternal to child transmission of HIV | X | X | X |
| Knowledge about antiretroviral therapy (ART) | X | X | X |
| Male partner's HIV testing status and sero-status | X | X | X |
| Anticipated response of male partner to an HIV-positive test | X | X | X |
| Perception of own risk / infant's risk of acquiring HIV | X | X | X |
| Intentions (I), behavior (B), and satisfaction regarding maternity service use | |||
| continued use of ANC (number of visits and provider) | I | B, R | B, R |
| place for delivery (home vs. HF) | I | I | B,R |
| attendant for delivery (skilled vs. non-skilled) | I | I | B. R |
| postpartum check-up for the woman (Y/N) | I | I | B, R |
| six-week postnatal immunization visit for the infant (Y/N) | I | B, R | |
| pregnancy, maternal and/or infant complications | X, R | X, R | |
| maternal and infant survival, if survived, birth date of baby | X, R | ||
| Acceptance of HIV testing | |||
| acceptance of HIV counselling and testing | R | X, R | X, R |
| reasons for refusing counselling, testing, and/or results | R | X | X |
| HIV status | |||
| positive, negative, unknown (refused testing or testing services not available) | R | X, R | X, R |
| Disclosure and future HIV testing | |||
| disclosure of HIV status to male partner | I | B | B |
| disclosure of HIV status to family, others | I | B | B |
| subsequent HIV testing | X, R | X, R | |
| Intentions (I), behavior (B), and satisfaction with HIV services(HIV-positive women) | |||
| enrolment in HIV care for self | X, R | X, R | |
| initiation of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) | X, R | X, R | |
| nevirapine for PMTCT (if not on ART) | I | B, R | |
| nevirapine for baby w/in 72 hours | I | B, R | |
| mode of infant feeding | I | B, R | |
| HIV testing of infant | I | B, R | |
| Severity of HIV disease | |||
| CD4 count if available | R | R | |
(I=information on intentions from the questionnaire, B=information on behaviour from the questionnaire (self-report), R=information from the woman's medical record, X=other information from the questionnaire)