Overview of Themes in the Feasibility Assessment of the Ask-Boost-Connect-Discuss Program to Support Young Mothers Living With HIV
| Theme | Bowen's Framing of This Domain25 | Guiding Question in the Context of This Article | Core Theme | Subtheme: Additional Adaptations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exploring acceptability | To what extent is a new idea, program, process, or measure judged as suitable, satisfying, or attractive to program deliverers? To program recipients? | Is it acceptable to deliver psychosocial content to young mothers and for peers to be the implementers? | Acceptability centered around peer engagement and positive participant feedback | Responding to participant preferences and needs on structure and format |
| Exploring practicality | To what extent can an idea, program, process, or measure be carried out with intended participants using existing means, resources, and circumstances and without outside intervention? | Is it practical to task-shift to trained peers to deliver a semistructured program to a high standard? | Training, technical competence, and skills development | Responding to emergent needs identified in sessions |
| Exploring integration | To what extent can a new idea, program, process, or measure be integrated within an existing system? | Can a peer-delivered psychosocial program be effectively embedded within the health system and respond to extant needs innovatively? | Purposeful planning to smooth implementation Challenges to implementation | Adapting to “dis”-integration: pivoting to meet clients' needs in restricted circumstances |