Table 1 Schedule of intervention implementation, assessment and dissemination
Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Preparatory research activities | ||||
Ethical approval | X | |||
Preparatory literature review | X | |||
Quantitative survey development | X | |||
Mobile data collection tool programming | X | |||
Qualitative questionnaire development | X | |||
Development of the household intervention | X | X | ||
Pilot of the household intervention | X | |||
Drawing study sample for cluster-RCT | X | |||
Fieldworker training | X | |||
Baseline assessment of HIV competence and HIV outcomes | ||||
Baseline quantitative data gathering, capturing and cleaning | X | |||
Qualitative data collection | X | X | ||
Baseline quantitative data analysis | X | X | ||
Writing of reports and articles | X | X | X | |
Implementing the household intervention | ||||
Workshops providing training to CHWs conducting the intervention | X | |||
Screen participants for eligibility | X | |||
Informed consent | X | |||
Implementing the intervention in the experimental households | X | X | ||
Monitoring of the intervention using qualitative methods | X | X | ||
Measuring the impact of the household intervention | ||||
Developing a quantitative postintervention survey | X | |||
Follow-up quantitative data gathering, capturing and cleaning | X | X | ||
Focus group discussions on experience of intervention implementation | X | |||
Follow-up quantitative data analysis | X | X | ||
Qualitative data analysis | X | X | ||
Writing of report and articles | X | X | ||
Dissemination of knowledge on the household competence intervention | ||||
Presenting results at international conferences | X | X | X | |
Writing of report and articles | X | X | X | |
Finalising PhDs | X | |||