Table 1 Characteristics of qualitative studies in children
Name | Year | Country | Setting | Population | Primary methods (n) | Disease terminology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mwenesi | 1995 | Kenya | Peri-urban, urban, rural | Mothers with ill children Adults | Interviews Key informant interviews | homa |
Mwenesi | 1995 | Kenya | Urban township, slum, rural | People in the community | Key informant interviews (60) | Malaria, homa, dege |
Makemba | 1996 | Tanzania | Rural | Traditional healers Parents who had taken their children to healers | 14 interviews 3 focus groups | Degedege, homa ya kawaida |
Ahorlu | 1997 | Ghana | Rural | Caregivers of children under 10 | 8 focus groups (1057) | Asra, asraku, atridi |
Williams | 1999 | Zambia | Rural | Mothers of children under 5 Father of children under 5 Others* | 9 focus groups 7 focus groups 36 in-depth interviews | thupi kuphya, malungo, cilunguzi, malaria, cinthu, cawoka, malaria, yakulu, 'big malaria' |
Baume | 2000 | Zambia | Rural and urban | Caregivers of children under 5 with recent febrile illness | Semi-structured interviews (154) | - |
Muela | 2002 | Tanzania | Rural and urban | Mothers of children under 5 | In-depth (81) and follow-up (10) interviews | Malaria, homa, homa ya mbu, homa kali, degedege, malaria ya kichwa |
Comoro | 2003 | Tanzania | Urban, peri-urban, rural | Mothers of sick children under 5, Health workers | 10 focus groups (85) 6 focus groups (43) | Homa ya malaria, degedege |
Muula | 2004 | Malawi | Peri-urban | Primary school pupils aged 12-18 | 4 focus groups (40) | - |
Nsungwa-Sabiiti | 2004 | Uganda | Rural | Mothers, fathers, grandparents | 10 focus groups | omutsutsa |
Akogun | 2005 | Nigeria | Rural | Mothers | 6 focus groups | zazzabi |
Kaona | 2005 | Zambia | Rural | Mothers, fathers, grandparents, health care providers, community members | 12 focus groups (97), 29 key informant interviews | malaria, inzekema, impepo, sinsa, ichinzekema |
Falade | 2006 | Nigeria | Urban and rural | Mothers, fathers, and caregivers of children under 10 | Focus groups | Iba, iba lasan |
Kamat | 2006 | Tanzania | Rural | Mothers/caretakers | In-depth interviews (45) | Homa ya kawaida, homa kali, homa ya malaria, degedege |
Makundi | 2006 | Tanzania | Rural | Mothers/caregivers Traditional healers | 2 Focus groups In-depth interviews | Malaria ya kawaida, malaria kali, degedege |
Malik | 2006 | Sudan | Rural | Mothers | 10 Focus groups | - |
Montgomery | 2006 | Tanzania | Urban and rural | Parents/caretakers of children under 5 Health practitioners | Interviews (79) Interviews (55) | - |
Beiersmann | 2007 | Burkina Faso | Rural | Mothers Guérisseurs, nurses, traditional birth attendants | 17 Focus groups Semi-structured interviews (17) | Sumaya, dusukun kono |
Deressa | 2007 | Ethiopia | Rural | Mothers of children under 5 Fathers of children under 5 | 3 Focus groups 3 Focus groups | busa |