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 |