Contextualising men’s role and participation in PMTCT programmes in Malawi and Zambia: A hegemonic masculinity perspective

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Table 1. Interview topics by participants.

Interview topics	HIV+ women	HIV− women	Partners of HIV+ women	Partners of HIV− women	HCW	Policy makers
Relationship with partner	X	X	X	X
HIV disclosure experiences	X		X
HIV treatment experiences	X		X
Male partner testing history	X	X	X	X
Male partner testing: Challenges and Strategies	X	X	X	X	X	X
Partner support for ART adherence, retention and care: challenges and strategies	X		X		X	X

Table 2. Sociodemographic characteristics of pregnant/postpartum women and male partners in Malawi and Zambia (N = 108)^a.

	HIV+ Women (N = 41)	Male partners of HIV+ Women^b (N = 14)	HIV– Women (N = 39)	Male partners of HIV– Women (N = 14)
	N (%) or Mean
Age in years (mean)	29	37	26	31
Highest education level completed
None  Primary school  Secondary school  Tertiary education	16 (39) 17 (41) 6 (15) 2 (5)	4 (31) 5 (38) 2 (15) 2 (15)	9 (23) 13 (33) 8 (21) 9 (23)	0 (0) 6 (43) 2 (14) 6 (43)
Marital status
Married  Single  Separated/divorced	40 (98) 0 (0) 1 (2)	13 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0)	36 (92) 3 (8) 0 (0)	14 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Employment status
Employed (full- or part-time)  Homemaker  Student  Unemployed	20 (49) 16 (39) 0 (0) 5 (12)	12 (92) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (8)	15 (38) 18 (46) 2 (5) 4 (10)	13 (93) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (7)

^a Percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding.

^b Missing data (except for male partner’s HIV testing history): Male partners of HIV+ Women: N = 1.

Table 3. Number and percentage of study participants by participant type and country^a.

	Pregnant or postpartum women N (%)		Male partners N (%)		Healthcare workers N (%)	Policymakers N (%)	Total N (%)
	HIV–	HIV+	Female partner HIV–	Female partner HIV+
Malawi	20 (51)	20 (49)	7 (50)	8 (57)	10 (53)	10 (63)	75 (52)
Zambia	19 (49)	21 (51)	7 (50)	6 (43)	9 (47)	6 (38)	68 (48)
Total	39 (100)	41 (100)	14 (100)	14 (100)	19 (100)	16 (100)	143 (100)

^a Percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding.