Interviews
SECONDARY
Individual, in-depth interviews took place in-person at the research site from April–July 2022, and were conducted by a trained male interviewer and a note-taker who were conversant in local languages. A semi-structured interview guide was developed by the co-authors (available as supplementary material). These questions explored the relationship of the interviewee with their partner, the interviewee’s experience of pregnancy or during the pregnancy of their partner, their feelings about the support they provided to their partner, what they shared with or heard from their partner about the trial, and their thoughts on what could improve the participation of the fathers in the trial. The findings relating to their impressions about the trial and research in general are not included in this article. Interviews ranged in length between 20 and 78 min (average 37 min), were audio recorded, and were transcribed verbatim after being translated into English, where necessary.The transcripts were quality-checked against recordings.
Participants’ demographic details*Matric is equivalent of Grade 12, the final grade of secondary education in South Africa. †In a relationship with another woman.