Interview Participants for Tuberculosis Policy Evaluation in South Africa, 2021-2024

A formative evaluation from 2021 to 2024 of the TB Think Tank's influence on tuberculosis policy in South Africa. The dataset likely contains qualitative data from 14 in-depth interviews with key stakeholders, collected by author Bey-Marrie Schmidt and last updated in May 2026. It supports analysis of the platform's role in knowledge translation and policy advising.

Use Cases

• Analyzing stakeholder perspectives on TB policy influence based on interview transcripts.
• Evaluating the effectiveness of knowledge translation platforms based on described activities and outputs.
• Identifying systemic challenges in health policy implementation based on reported bureaucratic and data access issues.
• Studying membership diversity and leadership in advisory bodies based on survey and interview data.

Strengths

• Includes data from 14 in-depth interviews with key stakeholders.
• Focuses on a defined time period (2021-2024) and a specific public health crisis in South Africa.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small (5.5 KB), indicating limited scope or summary-level data.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Bey-Marrie Schmidt.

Collection Method

Data were collected through in-depth interviews, a member survey, document review, and observational data.

Time Range

2021-2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-06 17:40:35; freshness should be verified.

Geography

South Africa