Assessment of strategies for male involvement in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV services in Blantyre, Malawi

Figures & data

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the study participants in the FGDs (N=35)

Variable	Male	Female
Sex	18	17
Mean age	26.9	24.7
Religion
Roman Catholic	4	7
Muslim	1	2
Seventh-day Adventist	3	0
Pentecostal	5	4
Other	5	4
Tribe
Yao	2	5
Ngoni	3	4
Lomwe	8	6
Other	5	2
Education level
Primary	5	9
Secondary	12	7
College	1	1
Employment status
Not employed	0	14
Formal	3	1
Self-employed	15	2
Partner's education level
Primary	11	2
Secondary	6	14
College	1	1
Partner's employment status
Formal employment	2	11
Self-employed	7	6
Not employed	9	0
Age of youngest child (males only)
Pregnant wife	4
Under 1	6
1– < 2 years old	1
2– < 3 years old	2
3– < 4 years old	3
4– < 5 years old	2

Mean gravidity: 2.8, range 1–8.

Table 2 Proposed strategies for male involvement in PMTCT of HIV services

Theme	Categories
Theme 1: gatekeeping strategy	Refusing a woman medical (antenatal) attention
	Refusal of medical (antenatal) care by the woman
Theme 2: extending invitations	Woman inviting her partner
	Partner notification slip (invitation card)
	Writing in the woman's health passport book
	Telephonic invites
	Using influential people or people in authority
	Home visits
Theme 3: information, education, and communication	Radio messages
	Adverts
	Motivation talks