Table 1.
Stakeholders for FGDs, follow up interviews and key informant interviews
| 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) | |