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 |
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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 |
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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 |