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Table 7 Themes on intervention complexity

From: Implementation fidelity to HIV assisted partner services (aPS) during scale-up in western Kenya: a convergent mixed methods study

Theme

Sub-theme

Exemplar quote

Features of the aPS intervention

Tracing protocol

"If I get a client today, let me say now, I talk to them then agree. We agree with the client on when to start it. A client may give you two to three weeks which might be so long so according to me this is what I do, after I have tested client today, I may start it immediately or after two or three days. I’ll first make a call to this client then if I don’t reach the client, I will still do the phone calls- Three attempts. When it fails, now I start the physical tracing, I myself." KII 026

Flexibility in conducting aPS

"Interviewer: So, is that (aPS protocol) sufficient or you think that needs to be improved? Provider: That one needs to be improved because aPS is supposed to be a process and clients are unique. You can’t deal with one client the same way you deal with maybe the other client; they are unique. " KII 030

aPS and internal actors (HTS providers, clients)

Individual provider, and client-provider interactions

Quotes highlighted under provider responsiveness

aPS and organizational system

aPS and the healthcare system

Quotes highlighted under facilitation strategies