Qualitative Interviews on Obstetric Fistula Care in Eastern Uganda, 2024

Peter Kivunike Mukasa conducted 20 qualitative interviews in 2024 with healthcare providers and national experts in Uganda's Busoga sub-region. The study explores facilitators, barriers, and adaptations in the provision of obstetric fistula surgery and care. The data is available as a 77.3 KB PDF under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Thematic analysis of health system barriers based on interview transcripts covering human resources, equipment, and infrastructure.
• Comparative study of service provision models based on data from a government and a private not-for-profit hospital.
• Policy recommendation development based on participant suggestions for improving routine fistula services.

Strengths

• Includes 20 in-depth and key informant interviews with a defined participant mix of providers and national experts.
• Analysis is structured using the WHO health system blocks framework, providing a systematic lens.
• Data collection was conducted between June and December 2024, offering recent insights.

Limitations

• The dataset is a 77.3 KB PDF; the underlying raw interview data (e.g., transcripts) is not directly accessible.
• The scope is limited to two hospitals in the Busoga sub-region of eastern Uganda.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred from the published paper.

Provenance

Source

Peter Kivunike Mukasa via figshare

Collection Method

Purposive sampling and qualitative interviews (12 In-Depth Interviews, 8 Key Informant Interviews), audio-recorded and transcribed.

Time Range

Data collected between June and December 2024.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 06:10:00; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Selected hospitals in the Busoga sub-region, eastern Uganda.