social context of disclosing hiv test results: hiv testing in tanzania

APPENDIX A: INTERVIEW SCHEDULES AND GUIDELINES
Conversation Guidelines for Respondents
Interview #1 Objectives
This first interview seeks to discover the nature of the respondents’ social interactions
with family and friends, the health of the respondent and close family members, the use
of medical services by the respondent over the past few months, and the circumstances
that brought them in for an HIV test. The interview is divided into several sections. The
first section begins with a discussion of the composition of the household in which they
live and the friends they see often and the person they rely on for advice, then moves to
talking about work and leisure time of the respondent, the associations to which they
belong, and their involvement in those groups. The last section is devoted to discussing
the circumstances that brought the respondent in for an HIV test.
Questioning Guide for Interview #1
I. Social Context and Social Interactions
A. People in household and others close to respondent
1. Household composition
Names, ages, and relation to respondent
2. People they see most often (friends, neighbours, others)
The three to four people most important to them
Questions: Tell me about the people who live in your household:
What is your relationship with each of them?
Who are the people you see most often?
What is your connection with them?
Among these people, which ones do you know best?
What is your connection to each of them?
To whom do you go for advice about a problem you might have?
Examples of a recent problem you went to discuss with someone.
B. Current activities
1. Working activities away from the house
2. Working activities at the house
3. Rest/relaxation activities
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