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Table 2 Summary of methods by study

From: Six rapid assessments of alcohol and other substance use in populations displaced by conflict

Study

Methods

(KI = key informant interview, FG = focus group interview)

Sample

size

Sample characteristics

Sample selection

Duration of field work

Africa

     

Kenya

Literature review

Mapping

Direct observation

Semi-structured KI

FG

Group discussion

6 sites

20 KI

14 FG (n = 5-12)

3 group discussions (n = 20-34)

Gender: female and male

Age: 17-57

Ethnicity: >9 groups

Expertise: Substance users; service providers; sex workers; young people; teachers; people living with HIV/AIDS; post-voluntary counselling and testing groups; health workers; pre-formed community groups

Mix of purposive pre-selection by agency staff and snowball sampling

27 days

Liberia

Literature review

Semi-structured KI

FG

3 sites

15 KI

5 FG (n = 4-7)

Gender: female and male

Age: 17-58

Ethnicity: various, except Voinjama Loma only

Expertise: CSWs, service providers, children affiliated to fighting forces, shopkeepers, substance user

Pre-selection by agency staff

24 days

Uganda

Literature review

Direct observation

Semi-structured KI

FG

6 sites

13 KI

6 FG (n = 5-11)

Gender: female and male

Age: 21-54

Ethnicity: Acholi (residents), other Ugandans (service providers)

Expertise: camp leaders, members of camp

committees, service providers, mother-child groups, women brewers, other camp residents

Mix of purposive pre-selection by agency staff and snowball sampling

27 days

Asia

     

Iran

Literature review

Semi-structured KI

FG

41 KI

7 FG (n = 7-10)

Gender: female and male

Age: 16-55

Ethnicity:Hazara, Tajik, Pashtun, Sadat, Fars and Baluch

Expertise: substance users, service providers, students, female heads of households, construction workers, teachers, service providers

Mix of purposive pre-selection by community leaders and snowball sampling

120 days

Pakistan

Literature review

Secondary data analysis

Direct observation

Semi-structured KI

FG

14 sites

53 KI

23 FG (n = 5-6)

Gender: female and male

Age: 16-40+

Ethnicity: Pashtun, Turcoman, Tajik, Uzbek)

Expertise: community leaders, service providers, young people, substance users, former substance users and their relatives

Purposive pre-selection by agency staff

30 days

Thailand

Literature review

Semi-structured KI

FG

3 sites

36 KI

14 FG (n = 4-11)

Gender: female and male

Age: 17-55 yrs

Ethnicity: Karen, Karenni

Expertise: service providers, community leaders, camp officials, community members, pre-formed community groups, substance users

Mix of purposive pre-selection by agency staff and snowball sampling

20 days