Table 2.

Key qualitative information

Finding	Source of the information
Family context
Family always knows the patient’s diagnosis.	Community Advisory Board
Lack of family understanding about HIV transmission affects the care and treatment of the patient.	Community Advisory Board
Family members are worried about neighbors learning that a member is HIV-infected. This anxiety affects patients’ willingness to take medication and to participate in the intervention.	Community Advisory Board
Families have a responsibility to care for sick family members.	Li’s study of stigma (Li et al., 2011)
Patients feel a responsibility to maintain the honor of the family.	Li’s study of stigma (Li et al., 2011)
Environmental context
Travel to homes in rural villages is limited by long distances and muddy roads.	Chinese adaptation team
Most Chinese patients have very limited contact with physicians and there are no well defined systems for patients to report side effects or ask questions.	Chinese adaptation team
Social context
Stigma associated with HIV is extremely prevalent and severe.	Community Advisory Board; Chinese adaptation team; Li’s study of stigma (Li et al., 2011)
Stigma associated with injection drug use amplifies HIV-associated stigma.	Li’s study of stigma (Li et al., 2011)