Table 2.
Research Component | Sampling strategy | Key indicators used in sample size calculation | Adjustments to sample calculation | Model 1. Kenya FP | Model 2. Kenya PNC | Model 2. Swaziland PNC |
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Sampling of facilities |
Theoretical sampling to point of saturation within province |
4 criteria: high client load; minimum of 2 FP providers; range of SRH services available; no current provision of SRH-HIV integration |
n/a |
12 facilities: 6 Intervention and 6 Comparison |
12 facilities: 6 Intervention and 6 Comparison |
8 facilities: 4 Intervention and 4 Comparison* |
HFAs: Facility inventory |
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1 per facility |
1 per facility |
1 per facility |
HFAs: Client exit interviews & linked observations of consultations |
Consecutive sample and saturation |
Quality of Care analysis 6 CPIs |
No |
18 per facility: 6 new clients, 6 repeat clients and 6 clients switching FP method |
6 within 48 hours postpartum 6 at one week and 6 at 6 weeks per facility |
6 within 48 hours postpartum 6 at one week and 6 at 6 weeks |
HFAs: Structured interviews with providers |
Convenience |
All providers working in MCH-FP units |
No |
3-6 providers per facility |
3-6 providers per facility |
3-6 providers per facility |
HFAs: Client flow assessment |
Census over 5 days based on existing client load |
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No |
50 – 200 clients per day |
50 – 200 clients per day |
50 – 200 clients per day |
Cohort |
Consecutive sample of female clients (recruited if within 12 weeks post-partum in PNC facilities) |
Kenya: 80% power to detect a 5% increase in condom use, among all women in PNC and those using other contraceptive methods in FP facilities. |
1952 clients: 976 from Intervention and 976 from Comparison facilities |
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Swaziland: To detect a 7% increase in condom use among PNC clients. |
30% loss to follow up; over-sampling of HIV-positive clients until min of 400 in Intervention & Comparison facilities |
1978 clients: 989 from Intervention and 989 from Comparison facilities |
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Household survey |
3-stage cluster survey design, for random selection of EAs, households and individuals |
80% power to detect 10% increase in % of women who have ever used study facility. |
Design effect of 2.0 |
1632 (816 male; 816 female) within 10km catchment area of FP facilities |
n/a |
816 (408 male; 408 female) within 10km catchment area of PNC facilities |
Qualitative – in-depth interviews |
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Providers |
Convenience sampling |
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1-3 providers per facility |
1-3 providers per facility |
1-3 providers per facility |
Cohort clients |
Purposive sampling to reflect issues emerging from quantitative data |
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25 HIV-positive clients; and 25 other clients |
25 HIV-positive clients; and 25 other clients |
25 HIV-positive clients; and 25 other clients |
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Community members | Purposive sampling to reflect issues emerging from quantitative data | 20 men | n/a | 20 men |
* 2 facilities subsequently added due to lower than expected client load at comparison sites.