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Table 1 Intervention content at each couple home visit

From: Testing strategies for couple engagement in prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and family health in Kenya: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Visit #

Visit 1

Visit 2

Visit 3

Visit 4

Visit 5

Timing

Pregnancy

Later pregnancy

6 weeks postpartum

6 months postpartum

12 months postpartum

Main family health topics

• ANC visits

• Nutrition

• Malaria

• Male partner support during pregnancy

• IPV

• Mental health

• Birth plan for HF delivery

• Danger signs

• Infant feeding

• Male partner support for birth

• What to expect

• Infant health visits and immunizations

• Family planning

• Male partner support after birth

• Postpartum checkups

• Infant health

• Infant feeding

• Family planning

• Male health

• IPV

• Mental health

• Infant feeding

• Infant visits and immunizations

• Family planning

HIV-related content

• Couple HIV testing

• PMTCTb

• PrEPa

• Linkage to careb

• Repeat testing

• PMTCTb

• PrEPa

• Linkage to careb

• Infant HIV testingb

• PMTCTb

• PrEPa

• Linkage to careb

• Repeat testing

• PMTCTb

• PrEPa

• Linkage to careb

• Infant HIV testingb

• PMTCTb

• PrEPa

• Linkage to careb

Couple relationship

• Intro to couple relationship skills

• Use of “I” language

• Listening skills

• Negotiation skills

• Revisiting and practicing skills

Services and linkages offered

• Introduction of CHTC

• Linkage to HIV care/PrEP

• Offer of CHTCc

• Linkage to HIV care/PrEP

• Offer of CHTCc

• Linkage to HIV care/PrEP

• Offer of CHTCc

• Linkage to HIV care/PrEP

• Offer of CHTCc

• Linkage to HIV care/PrEP

  1. aFor discordant couples
  2. bFor couples living with HIV
  3. cFor those who have not done CHTC yet or who need to repeat testing