Table 1.
Qualitative study participantsSSIs: semi-structured interviews; FGDs: focus group discussions
| |
Participant SSIs |
Provider SSIs |
Participant FGDs |
Total respondents |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self-sampling ACCEPTORS | Self-sampling REFUSERS | # of sessions | Total # of participants | |||
|
Hyderabad |
25 |
7 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
37 |
|
Nicaragua |
5 |
5 |
10 |
2 |
13 |
33 |
| Uganda | 10 | 0* | 5 | 2 | 17 | 32 |
*Very few START-UP study participants in Uganda refused self-sampling and no refusers returned to the clinic for follow-up and/or treatment during the qualitative research period.