Composition of discussion groups
| Village ‘A’ nominating water (original and new participants denoted as A1 and A2, respectively) | |||
| Selection criteria/role in community | Original participants (A1) | New participants (A2) | Total |
| Traditional healers | 1 | 1 | |
| Community health volunteers | 1 | 1 | |
| Community officials | 2 | 2 | |
| Family members | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Women of reproductive age | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Total number of participants | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| Proportion female (%) | 63 | 100 | 81 |
| Villages ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ (original and new participants denoted as A1, B1, C1 and A2, B2 and C2, respectively) | |||
| Selection criteria/role in community | Original participants (A1, B1 and C1) | New participants (A2, B2 and C2) | Total |
| Traditional healers | 3 | 3 | |
| Religious leaders | 1 | 1 | |
| Community health volunteers | 3 | 3 | |
| Community officials | 5 | 5 | |
| Family members | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Women of reproductive age | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Youth | 16 | 16 | |
| Total number of participants | 24 | 24 | 48 |
| Proportion female (%) | 75 | 92 | 83 |
All participants were 18 years or older. Participants were acknowledged as having multiple roles at home and in the community and a primary role was identified with participants for the purposes of recruitment.