Organisation | Focus groups | Individual interviews | Notes on selection process |
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CDFs | 4 focus groups ranging from 8 to 11 participants from 4 to 6 villages. 35 people in all from 20 villages (3 did not send representatives) | 1 or 2 participants from each CDF (one a long-term member; one with a shorter term). | |
Traditional Councils | 2 (1) Traditional Council secretaries 2 Indunas | There are three Traditional Councils and one has only one village in the research site. Hence secretaries of only 2 Traditional Councils were interviewed. Each recommended an Induna for interview from within their Council, who had represented their village for the full 25 years of research. | |
Municipalities | 2 (1) regional municipal managers 3 ward councilors | The PEO works with only 2 regional municipalities, and both regional municipal managers were interviewed. The PEO works with 9 ward councilors and interviews were done with the three who have the most villages in their wards included in the HDSS study area. | |
Department of Health | Focus group with managers of 8 Home Based Care Organisations (HBCs) | 4 clinic managers | 4 individual interviews with the clinic managers of the four busiest clinics and 1 focus group with the managers of all eight HBCs based at 8 clinics. |
Department of Education | 2 (1) education circuit managers | The PEO works with five education circuits, but only interviewed circuit managers from the two that have several schools in the research site. | |
Total participants | 45 people in 5 FGDs | 15 (11) |