Table 3.

Summary of advantages and disadvantages of different sampling approaches.

	Purposive sampling	Self-selection sampling
Management style	- In line with top-down management, which is more in tune with local government approaches	- In line with bottom-up management, which is more in-tune with PLA approaches
Partnership	- Provided an opportunity to develop relationships with local stakeholders, and provided official endorsement for the study	- Enabled better development of relationships with communities and participants
Logistics	- Quicker and simpler for local partners to implement	- Required more time and resources to organise mass recruitment meetings
Recruitment	- The right number of participants were recruited	- Had to plan for the possibility that too many or too few participants would volunteer
Selection	- Introduced bias, such that participants did not reflect the population we wanted to engage	- Participants were hesitant to join due to lack of familiarity with the organisation, lack of perceived relevance of AMR, and perceived lack of personal capacity
Engagement	- Participants were less flexible about meeting times - Some participants did not fully participate or contributed little to discussions	- Flexibility on time and duration of meetings - Dynamic discussions with involvement of all participants
Outcomes	- Photos and narratives were more superficial and did not explore the topic in depth	- Photos and narratives captured thoughtful stories about the topic