TABLE 3.

Participant observation of the different stages of HIV healthcare engagement.

Stage of healthcare engagement	Healthcare worker	Description of event(s)
Testing, receiving a diagnosis and post-test counselling	HIV counsellor, Clinic 3 and hospital	The first researcher attended Clinic 3 for an HIV test. The researcher followed the testing process: waited his turn with other men, was tested, waited for the result, obtained the test result and was counselled by the nurse.
ART initiation sessions (C1, C2, C3)	HIV counsellor, Clinic 1	The first researcher attended, with young people, three ART initiation-counselling sessions.
HIV clinic waiting room	Clinic 3	The first researcher sat in the clinic waiting room listening and was involved in conversations about being tested and waiting for test results.

ART, antiretroviral therapy; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus.