Qualitative research methods in chronic disease: introduction and opportunities to promote health equity

RC Shelton, MM Philbin… - Annual review of public …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Public health research that addresses chronic disease has historically underutilized and
undervalued qualitative methods. This has limited the field's ability to advance (a) a more in …

Conducting in-depth interviews with and without voice recorders: a comparative analysis

R Rutakumwa, JO Mugisha, S Bernays… - Qualitative …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
The use of audio recordings has become a taken-for-granted approach to generating
transcripts of in-depth interviewing and group discussions. In this paper we begin by …

Beyond interviews and focus groups: a framework for integrating innovative qualitative methods into randomised controlled trials of complex public health …

K Davis, N Minckas, V Bond, CJ Clark, T Colbourn… - Trials, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are widely used for establishing
evidence of the effectiveness of interventions, yet public health interventions are often …

Evaluating complex health interventions with randomized controlled trials: how do we improve the use of qualitative methods?

J Mannell, K Davis - Qualitative Health Research, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Qualitative methods are underutilized in health intervention evaluation, and overshadowed
by the importance placed on randomized controlled trials (RCTs). This Commentary …

Engaging young people in the design of a sexual reproductive health intervention: Lessons learnt from the Yathu Yathu (“For us, by us”) formative study in Zambia

M Simuyaba, B Hensen, M Phiri, C Mwansa… - BMC health services …, 2021 - Springer
Background Meeting the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs of adolescents and
young people (AYP) requires their meaningful engagement in intervention design. We …

Barriers to tuberculosis case finding in primary and secondary health facilities in Ghana: perceptions, experiences and practices of healthcare workers

JB Der, AD Grant, D Grint, CT Narh, F Bonsu… - BMC health services …, 2022 - Springer
Background Ghana's national tuberculosis (TB) prevalence survey conducted in 2013
showed higher than expected TB prevalence indicating that many people with TB were not …

Understanding the time needed to link to care and start ART in seven HPTN 071 (PopART) study communities in Zambia and South Africa

J Seeley, V Bond, B Yang, S Floyd, D MacLeod… - AIDS and Behavior, 2019 - Springer
Abstract To achieve UNAIDS 90: 90: 90 targets at population-level, knowledge of HIV status
must be followed by timely linkage to care, initiation and maintenance of antiretroviral …

Schistosomiasis messaging in endemic communities: Lessons and implications for interventions from rural Uganda, a rapid ethnographic assessment study

A Ssali, L Pickering, E Nalwadda… - PLoS neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Over 240 million people are infected with schistosomiasis, the majority in sub-
Saharan Africa. In Uganda, high infection rates exist in communities on the shores of Lake …

How 'place'matters for addressing the HIV epidemic: evidence from the HPTN 071 (PopART) cluster-randomised controlled trial in Zambia and South Africa

V Bond, G Hoddinott, L Viljoen, F Ngwenya… - Trials, 2021 - Springer
Background In a cluster-randomised trial (CRT) of combination HIV prevention (HPTN 071
(PopART)) in 12 Zambian communities and nine South African communities, carried out …

Young people's experiences of sexual and reproductive health interventions in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

T Zuma, J Seeley, S Mdluli, N Chimbindi… - … of Adolescence and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Despite efforts to address HIV-infection, adolescents and young peoples'(AYP) engagement
in interventions remain suboptimal. Guided by a risk protection framework we describe …