‘We are the advocates for the babies’ - understanding interactions between patients and health care providers during the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in South Africa: a qualitative study

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Table 1. Characteristics of participants.

Participants	Characteristic	Categories	Frequency
Semi-structured interviews: patients	Age	18–20	6
		21–35	21
		> 35	4
	Origin	South Africa	22
		Other African Country	9
	HIV-status	Positive	10
		Negative	21
	Start antenatal care	Before 6 months gestation	18
		After 6 months gestation	7
		Unknown	6
	Home delivery	Yes	5
		No	26
Semi-structured interviews: health care providers	Age	< 30	4
		30–39	4
		40–49	3
		> 49	3
	Profession	Professional nurse	2
		Staff nurse	5
		Auxiliary nurse	4
		Medical doctor	3
	Location	Antenatal clinic	5
		Postnatal ward	9
	Work experience	< 5 years	7
		5–10 years	2
		> 10 years	3
		Unknown	2
Focus group discussions: patients	Age	18–20	2
		21–35	6
		> 35	2
	HIV-status	Positive	4
		Negative	6

Figure 1. Diagram derived from our findings, inspired by Bacchi’s WPR approach [26], with two possible interventions.

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