Table 2. Participation in FGDs in terms of the number of contributions (responses) per participant.
|
Participant
contributions in segments, n |
BLANTYRE | LILONGWE | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FGD | FGD1.1 | FGD1.2 | FGD1.3 | FGD1.4 | FGD2.1 | FGD2.2 | FGD2.3 | FGD2.4 | FGD2.5 |
| P1 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| P2 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 9 | |
| P3 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| P4 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| P5 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 2 |
| P6 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7 | |
| P7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | |
| P8 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | |||
| P9 | 5 | 15 | 8 | ||||||
| P10 | 9 | 7 | |||||||
| Total responses | 47 | 79 | 88 | 58 | 58 | 76 | 53 | 51 | 37 |
| Participants | 5 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Note. FGD1.1=Clinicians (Blantyre) FGD1.2=Environmental Health Officers (Blantyre) FGD1.3 Health Surveillance Assistants (Blantyre) FGD1.4 = Laboratory Technicians (Blantyre) FGD2.1= Clinicians (LL Bwaila) FGD2.2=Environmental Health Officers (LL Bwaila) FGD2.3=Health Surveillance Assistants (LL Area 25 HC) FGD2.4=Laboratory Technicians (LL Area 25 HC) FGD2.5=Laboratory Technicians (LL Bwaila) Participants are labeled in the same way, P1, P2 and so on. However, there was no relationship between P1 in one group and P1 in the other group. All groups had distinct participants. Participant P2 in FGD2.5 had to leave the meeting soon after joining for a family emergency.