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Appendix 1: Supplementary material

TABLE 1-A1: Parental suggestions for additional story book topics for the family by category and response.
Categories† n % Order of responses Description of categories Examples of parental statements of education
per category topics for which parent requested additional
support
Category 1: ‘HIV and disease 79/375 21.1 - - -
management’
HIV/TB education and 73 First response (86.0%); Group of topics that pertain to About HIV and informing people about HIV
caregiving second responses knowledge around the HIV and TB To teach children about HIV
(14.0%) virus including transmission, Signs and symptoms of HIV
prevention, symptoms and care TB and HIV transmission
About HIV how it is transmitted to babies
HIV prevention
About living positively with HIV
How to care for sick people
Child behaviour on how to care about people who
are HIV positive
Disclosure 2 First response Topics that pertain to maternal and About disclosure to children
(100.0%) family disclosure More about disclosing in the family
Stigma 4 First response (50.0%); Topics that deal with stigma and That people with disease should not be
second response associated discrimination discriminated against
(50.0%) Any topics related to not stigmatising someone else
Category 2: ‘General health, 112/375 29.9 - - -
safety and health promotion’
Health education 39 First response (92.0%); Topics that pertain to general health Topics about health education
second response education including improving health Teach about health
(8.0%) literacy about illnesses (apart from Healthcare
HIV and TB) and drug abuse Topics about health issues
About different illnesses
About how a person gets sick
Charts to draw all that they have learnt about sick
people
What to do when you are sick and who should you
report to if you hurt yourself
Learn about drug abuse
Health promotion 23 First response Topics that pertain to the promotion About advice on how to live healthy
(100.0%) of healthy behaviours and the Learn about healthy food
endorsements of lifestyles that How to take care of yourself
facilitate optimal health including About health and being familiar with clinic
nutrition, sport, hygiene and self-care How to protect children
Topics like cleanliness and other play
Playing safely
Information about game park animals and about
road crossing (safety) about road signs including
robots
About football
Sex education 50 First response (66.0%); Topics that pertain to general sex Child abuse and child rights
second response education, child abuse and child rights Encouraging children to talk when they are abused
(24.0%); third Warning about daily dangers, teaching about not
response (8.0%); talking with strangers
fourth response (2.0%) To teach them more about their bodies
About stages of growth
How a female should behave
Sex related education
About sexual transmitted diseases
Category 3: ‘Family, moral 161/375 42.9 - - -
development and aspirations
for the future’
Aspirations and family values 55 First response (65.5%); Topics that pertain to family values Importance of education
second response and succeeding in life Know about his future plans
(30.9%); third About life
response (3.6%) The importance and the value of a person
The importance of family
About family, caring and disclosing everything to
family
Relationships in families
How to resolve conflict in family members or in
neighbours
Caring about people loving people
Morals/social norms 89 First response (62.0%); Topics that pertain to culture, religion About cultures and traditions
second response and moral behaviour To teach about religion
(34.0%); third Respect a human being
response (4.0%) How to live and help neighbours
About how children should behave
Parenting skills 17 First response (47.1%); Topics that offer caregiver support Being a good listener
second response Able to communicate with other people
(52.9%) If you have a problem, share it
Warning about disclosing anything that happens to
you
How a mother should conduct herself
How to have a good relationship with children
Raising children and how to treat children
Talk about love as a parent
HIV, human immunodeficiency virus.
†, Some mothers gave more than one response, hence total responses to the question was 365 by 271 mothers (excluding missing).

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