Table 2 |
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Characteristics of qualitative studies in adults and mixed populations |
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Name |
Year |
Country |
Setting |
Population |
Primary methods (n) |
Disease terminology |
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Adult focus |
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Agyepong |
1992 |
Ghana |
Rural |
Men and women over 20 years old |
6 focus groups |
Asra, asraku |
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Stevens |
1995 |
Tanzania |
Urban, peri-urban |
Adults, community leaders |
8 focus groups (94), 72 focused discussions (175) |
malaria |
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Rashed |
1999 |
Benin |
Rural |
Parents, community elders, non-western healers, health care providers |
23 focus groups (252), 8 semi-structured interviews |
Ouevozon |
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Nyamongo |
2002 |
Kenya |
Rural |
Adults aged 18 to 80 |
Interviews (35) |
- |
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Mixed focus |
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Helitzer-Allen |
1993 |
Malawi |
Rural |
Mothers, pregnant women, husbands, health workers, community leaders |
160 in-depth interviews† 24 focus groups†† |
Malungo |
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Agyepong |
1994 |
Ghana |
Rural and urban |
Caregivers of children under 5 years |
Interviews (471) |
Asra, asraku |
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Kengeya-Kayondo |
1994 |
Uganda |
Rural |
Women, mothers, female caregivers |
5 focus groups (42), 395 semi-structured interviews, 64 key informant interviews |
- |
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Winch |
1996 |
Tanzania |
Rural |
Group meetings with local government officials, religious leaders, teachers, and health workers, |
40 unstructured interviews and focus groups, pile sorting with 8 respondents |
Homa, homa kali, homa ya kuchemka, homa ya malaria, degedege |
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Muela |
1998 |
Tanzania |
Semi-rural |
Adult malaria patients, caretakers of children under 5, mothers, villagers, traditional healers |
6 focus groups, 103 interviews |
Malaria, homa, homa ya malaria, degedege |
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Munguti |
1998 |
Kenya |
Rural |
Heads of households reporting a case of malaria within the previous 2 weeks |
Structured interviews (463) |
- |
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Mixed focus (cont'd) |
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Oberlander |
2000 |
Tanzania |
Rural village |
- |
Participant observation, informal group discussion, ethnographic interviews |
Degedege, mchango, kibwengo, malaria |
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Brieger |
2001 |
Nigeria |
Urban |
Adults, child caregivers |
36 focus groups, 154 interviews |
Iba, malaria, fever, malaria fever |
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Nuwaha |
2002 |
Uganda |
Rural, partly-urban |
Men, women, heads of households |
4 focus groups |
omushwija, omussuja |
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Okrah |
2002 |
Burkina Faso |
Rural, partly-urban |
Caregivers of children under 5, adult community members |
10 focus groups, 9 key informant interviews |
Soumaya |
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Adongo |
2005 |
Ghana |
Rural |
Women, men, couples, mothers, healers, bednet vendors |
8 focus groups, 98 interviews |
Pua, feber, nienga, zumzuri |
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Eriksen |
2005 |
Tanzania |
Rural and urban |
Mothers, fathers, health workers |
12 focus groups |
- |
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Onwujekwe |
2005 |
Nigeria |
Rural |
Men, women, youths |
9 focus groups |
iba |
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Deressa |
2007 |
Ethiopia |
Rural |
Mothers of children under 5 Men with at least one child |
3 Focus groups 4 Focus groups |
busa |
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Essé |
2008 |
Côte d'Ivoire |
Rural |
School children aged 10-14 Health practitioners, health facility staff, local healers, religious leaders |
6 Focus groups 15 Key informant interviews |
Djèkouadjo, djékadjo, ewuego, anumą |
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Idowu |
2008 |
Nigeria |
Rural |
Adults |
Focus groups |
Iba otutu |
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†interview target groups -- pregnant women, women who had recently given birth, chiefs and village headmen, husbands of pregnant women, traditional birth attendants, health worker, traditional advisors, and traditional healers ††focus group target groups -- pregnant women, women who had recently given birth, and husbands of pregnant women |
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Maslove et al. BMC International Health and Human Rights 2009 9:26 doi:10.1186/1472-698X-9-26 |
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