Table 1 Stakeholders for FGDs, follow up interviews and key informant interviews
From: Stakeholder views on the acceptability of human infection studies in Malawi
Method | Stakeholder group | Number of participants |
|---|---|---|
Focus group discussion | Frontline researcher staff (research nurses and fieldworkers) | 9 (2 FGDs, one with 4 and one with 5 participants) (9 females, 1 male) |
Community Advisory Group (CAG) members (Blantyre urban) | 10 (5 females) | |
Chiefs (Blantyre rural) | 10 (4 females) | |
Religious leaders (Blantyre urban) | 10 (1 female) | |
Medical students | 10 (4 females) | |
Post-FGD follow-up interviews with a sample of FGD participants | Frontline researcher staff | 3 (All females) |
CAG members | 3 (2 females) | |
Chiefs | 3 (2 females) | |
Religious leaders | 3 (1 female) | |
Medical students | 3 (1 female) | |
In-depth interview | Research ethics committee (REC) members | 2 |
Senior clinicians | 2 | |
District health management officials | 1 | |
Total | 69 (33 females) | |