Social response to the delivery of HIV self-testing in households: experiences from four Zambian HPTN 071 (PopART) urban communities

Table 1 Methods, number and characteristics of participants

Data collection activity	Category of participants	Gender		Total
Data collection activity	Category of participants	Male	Female	Total
FGDs	CHWs (CHiPs)	12	20	32
	Men	19	–	19
	Health committee members	11	29	40
	Total # of participants for FGDs	42	49	91
IDIs	Participants choosing HIVST
	Adults	5	7	12
	Adolescents (16–19 years old)	3	5	8
	Couples	2	2	4
	Hard to reach populations
	Traders and other busy individuals	3	1	4
	Formally employed	1	1	2
	Sex workers	0	1	1
	MSM	1	0	1
	Substance (alcohol) user	1	0	1
	Total # of participants choosing HIVST interviewed	16	17	33
	Participants not choosing HIVST
	Adults	0	4	4
	Adolescents	1	2	3
	Total # of participants not choosing HIVST interviewed	1	6	7
	Grand total of all participants interviewed	17	23	40
Observations	Community spiral walks			4
	CHiPs delivery of HIVST in homes			11
	Secondary distribution follow up observations			8
	Total # of observations conducted			22

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