Table 2.

General inductive analysis – seven main categories

Category title	Category description
Category 1: Stigma	The role of HIV stigma in being HIV positive, and the subsequent impact of stigma reduction by care supporters
Category 2: Impact	Relief/impact: material, social, subjective, physical achieved by care supporters
Category 3: Talk	The importance of dialogue with the care supporter in transforming the meanings of being HIV positive and HIV-related health practices
Category 4: Household relations	Impact of CHBC services on family care practices and thus on PLWHA experiences of “home”
Category 5: Self-care	Cultivating PLWHA self-care, self-efficacy by encouraging real time and on-going HIV healthy practices
Category 6: Care supporter limitations	Frustration with CHBC limitations
Category 7: Religion	Christianity as a distinctive resource for CHBC HIV and AIDS care