Ugandan Community Focus Group Discussions on Climate Change Impacts

Featuring transcripts from 14 focus group discussions conducted in Bududa, Kasese, and Moroto districts of Uganda. The qualitative data explores community experiences with climate change-induced extreme weather events like floods, landslides, and drought. The analysis identified seven impact themes, including injuries and deaths, infectious disease spread, and disrupted livelihoods.

Use Cases

• Analyze qualitative themes like 'injuries and deaths' and 'poor mental health' to understand the health impacts of climate change in Ugandan communities.
• Study community coping measures such as 'modifying farming practices' and 'seasonal migration' mentioned in the transcripts to inform adaptation strategies.
• Examine the 'disruption of education services' and 'difficulties accessing health' themes to assess social system vulnerabilities to extreme weather.

Strengths

• Data is derived from 14 distinct focus group discussions, providing multiple community perspectives.
• Analysis identified seven specific themes related to climate change impacts and community coping measures.
• The dataset is openly available under a CC BY 4.0 license, facilitating reuse.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small at 5.5 KB, indicating limited textual data or summary-level information rather than full transcripts.
• As a qualitative study with purposive sampling, the findings are not statistically generalizable to broader populations.
• The data is specific to three districts in Uganda, limiting geographic applicability.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Rawlance Ndejjo.

Collection Method

Qualitative data from 14 focus group discussions, audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and inductively analyzed.

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Geography

Bududa, Kasese, and Moroto districts in Uganda.