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Table 1 Interview schedule for Afghan women and men
| About you and your family | • Date of birth (Q) |
| • Country of birth; transit country; year of arrival in Australia (Q) | |
| • Hazara, Pashtu or Tajik background (Q) | |
| • Other children: age & country of birth (Q) | |
| • Household composition (Q) | |
| • Schooling (Q) | |
| • English proficiency; literacy in own language | |
| • Health care concession card (Q) | |
| • Paid employment (Q) | |
| • Transport (Q) | |
| About your pregnancy care | • Gestation at first antenatal check-up (Q) |
| • Knowledge of health system; accessing care | |
| • Who provided care; location of care; getting to care | |
| • Husband’s attendance; role at visits | |
| • Interpreter required; experience of language support | |
| • Attendance at emergency departments | |
| • Experience of screening tests; explanation of results | |
| • Interactions with care providers | |
| • Knowledge and attendance at childbirth education | |
| • Information about pregnancy and maternity care | |
| • Good things about care; what could have been better | |
| Having your baby | • Place of birth (Q) |
| • Arrival at hospital | |
| • Family/friends present | |
| • Language: who interpreted; experience of language support | |
| • Care providers: interaction; explanations | |
| • Mode of birth (Q) | |
| • Good things about care; what could have been better | |
| After the birth | • Length of stay; reason for going home |
| • Overall experience of hospital care | |
| • Infant feeding; support for breastfeeding issues | |
| • Home visits following birth | |
| • Interpreter use; experience of language services | |
| • Experience of Maternal and Child Health Services: access; continuity; liked/didn’t like about care; what could have been better | |
| • Visits to General Practitioners | |
| Psychosocial issues | • Asked about: relationship problems; feelings of sadness or depression; your family here and overseas; financial worries; violence at home; housing problems; legal problems (Q) |
| • Experience of being asked about things happening in life | |
| Support during and after pregnancy | • Accessing information about own health & child health |
| • Knowledge and use of local services (e.g. refugee specific services; playgroups; legal services) for self and husband (Q) | |
| Overall views of care | • Asked about & able to follow traditional practices |
| • Perceived discrimination (e.g. talked down to, treated unfairly) (Q) | |
| Role of men | • Life as an Afghan man in Australia |
| • Role as a father in Australia compared with Afghanistan |
