Country | Activity | Participants | Example of task |
Guatemala | Working groups | Four working groups with 52 participants total: women and their spouses and/or other adult household members, all of whom had participated in a pilot of the LPG stove intervention | Asked to list household items a control household might like to have (within constraints); top responses voted on |
India | In-depth interviews | 20 participants, with purposive mix of (1) participants in an LPG pilot, (2) participants considered for the pilot who did not meet inclusion criteria and (3) new participants with no previous study connexion | Semi-structured interview on perspectives about randomised controlled trial participation, feelings about selection as a control and possible compensation for control participants |
Formal discussion | Six village health nurses in study area | Same semi-structured interview as for in-depth interviews (see above) | |
Peru | In-depth interviews | Seven pregnant women | Asked about typical gifts received by new mothers, typical fuel collection/purchasing practices and perceptions about LPG |
Focus group | One discussion with seven women (either pregnant or new mothers) | Discussed common household expenditures, valued items for women and new mothers, and methods for showing appreciation to those who provide help | |
Rwanda | Survey in antenatal clinics | 60 pregnant women | Questions covered acceptability of different compensation strategies, including types of compensation, frequency of compensation and waiting periods for larger items |
Focus group discussions | Two discussions, each with eight former participants in LPG pilot and their husbands | Discussion of options to maintain control participants’ engagement and to ensure participants maintain trust that the study team will deliver larger items at the end of the trial |
LPG, liquefied petroleum gas.