Table 1.
Characteristics of participants in in-depth interviews (n = 38).
| Number of participants | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Pregnant woman | 7 |
| Postpartum woman | 7 (2 home delivery, 5 health facility delivery) |
| Male partner | 4 |
| Health administrator | 5 (4 physicians, 1 nurse) |
| Non-administrator nurse | 11 |
| Non-administrator physician | 2 |
| Traditional birth attendant | 2 |
| Place of recruitment | |
| Health center | 15 |
| District hospital | 10 |
| Provincial hospital | 7 |
| Private maternity hospital | 6 |
| Gender | |
| Female | 31 |
| Male | 7 |
| Age | |
| < 30 years of age | 12 |
| 30–39 years of age | 15 |
| > =40 years of age | 11 |
| Education | |
| Less than secondary | 5 (all of them pregnant women) |
| Secondary | 22 |
| More than secondary | 11 (10 health workers, 1 male partner) |
| Marital status | |
| Unmarried | 5 |
| Married | 30 |
| Widowed | 3 |
| HIV status disclosed to the interviewer | |
| Yes, HIV-positive | 12 |
| Yes, HIV-negative | 3 |
| No | 23 |