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Table 2 Focus group and key informant interview guide

From: Perinatal mental health care in a rural African district, Uganda: a qualitative study of barriers, facilitators and needs

• Explore with both pregnant and post-partum women groups:

 o Women’s understanding of own mental health needs? Do women perceive themselves to be distressed around pregnancy?

 o What kinds of barriers do they face accessing maternal health care?

 o What kinds of barriers do they face to accessing mental health care?

 o What would be feasible and acceptable forms of intervention for women? For example, group versus individual based interventions?

 o Who would be they prefer to deliver intervention? Where? How many sessions? Group-based or individual therapies?

 o What other care providers would/could they access?

• With VHTs groups

 o What is their understanding about the mental health needs of pregnant and post-partum women?

 o What kinds of barriers and opportunities can they identify with regard to these needs?

 o What programs or interventions are already in place within the community? Can these be utilized/strengthened/upgraded to include a maternal mental health component?

 o Asses the feasibility/accessibility/willingness of this group to provide support to mothers in distress.

• With health worker/health manager key informants:

 o Their existing skills and knowledge

 o Their training needs

 o Their attitudes to task-shifting or integration of maternal mental health care into their existing duties?

 o How many visits/sessions are feasible?

 o what their own mental health needs/concerns may be