Table 3

Outcome evaluation parameters for participatory, learning and action (PLA) group intervention

Item	Definition	Indicators	Target group	Frequency of collection	Person responsible	Source of data	Tool required	Data type
Acceptability	Satisfaction with the content and delivery of components	Experiences of sessions	PLA participants	Once	Research team	Midline/Endline interview	Topic guide	Qualitative
Appropriateness	Usefulness, relevance, suitability of component	Describing the intervention as useful	PLA participants	Once	Research team	Endline interview	Topic guide and survey	Qualitative and quantitative
Appropriateness	Usefulness, relevance, suitability of component	Describing the intervention as useful	PLA participants	Once	Research team	Endline questionnaire	Topic guide and survey	Qualitative and quantitative
Feasibility	Suitability of component for routine implementation	Delivery of sessions	Community researchers	Once	Research team	Endline interview with community researchers	Topic guide and field diaries	Mixed
Feasibility	Suitability of component for routine implementation	Delivery of sessions	Community researchers	Once	Research team	Field diaries	Topic guide and field diaries	Mixed
Fidelity of delivery	Delivery of the component as intended	Number of sessions conducted	PLA participants	Once	Community researchers	Attendance registers	Attendance registers	Quantitative
		Content of sessions	Community researchers	Monthly	Community researchers	Field diaries	Field diaries	Mixed
		Participatory-ness of the sessions		Monthly	Community researchers	Field diaries	Field diaries	Qualitative
Fidelity of receipt	Intervention reach	Number of attendees	PLA participants	Weekly	Community researchers	Attendance registers	Attendance registers	Quantitative
	Intervention reach	Profile of participants	PLA participants	Once	Community researchers	Questionnaire	Questionnaire (demographic session)	Quantitative
	User understandings and performance resulting from receipt of component	Community-led intervention strategies	PLA participants	Once	Research team	Field diaries and endline interviews	Topic guide and field diaries	Mixed
		Photovoice activities	PLA participants	Once	Community researchers	Photovoice	FG discussions and images	Qualitative