Six key informant interviews with Nigerian policymakers were conducted between July and August 2018. The project explores perspectives on the ethics of conducting research during infectious disease outbreaks in Nigeria and other African countries. The aggregated data file contains de-identified transcript excerpts organized by themes.
Use Cases
- Analyzing stakeholder perceptions on systems for facilitating research during outbreaks based on interview themes.
- Studying recommendations for integrating research into outbreak response based on synthesized findings.
- Comparing perspectives on ethics review approaches during epidemics based on discussions with bioethics experts.
Strengths
- Data is based on six structured interviews with policymakers and technocrats.
- Includes perspectives from twelve bioethics experts from West Africa and internationally.
- Transcript excerpts are de-identified and organized by specific themes.
Limitations
- Row count and column-level documentation are unknown.
- The aggregated data file format is unspecified.
- The dataset likely reflects perspectives from a specific time period (2018) and stakeholder group.
Provenance
- Source
- Yakubu, Aminu
- Collection Method
- Qualitative study using key informant interviews and structured discussions.
- Time Range
- July-August 2018
- Geography
- Nigeria, with international expert input