Antimicrobial Stewardship Interview Transcripts from Tanzanian Hospitals

Eleven key informant interviews with medical professionals explore barriers and facilitators to implementing Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs in three Dar es Salaam Regional Referral Hospitals. The verbatim transcripts were analyzed thematically, revealing major themes like resource constraints and leadership support. This qualitative dataset provides insights into systemic and behavioral challenges in Tanzania's healthcare system.

Use Cases

• Analyze verbatim transcripts to identify recurring themes like 'resource constraints' or 'staff shortage' as barriers to ASP implementation.
• Compare facilitator themes such as 'leadership support' and 'ASP-specific training' across the three participating hospitals.
• Extract quotes related to 'logistical challenges in procurement' or 'reluctance to change among staff' for qualitative content analysis.
• Study the thematic structure of 'Two Major Themes' (barriers and facilitators) proposed by the researchers for qualitative methodology.

Strengths

• Qualitative data from 11 purposively selected medical professionals provides in-depth expert perspectives.
• Thematic analysis following Braun and Clarke (2006) methodology offers a structured approach to the transcripts.
• Focus on three specific Dar es Salaam Regional Referral Hospitals provides a defined geographic and institutional scope.

Limitations

• Very small qualitative sample size of 11 interviews limits statistical generalizability.
• Data scope is restricted to three hospitals in one Tanzanian city, not representative of national or global contexts.
• As a 253.2 KB ZIP file of transcripts, the dataset lacks structured, machine-readable tabular data for quantitative analysis.

Provenance

Source

Berthania Magesa via figshare.

Collection Method

Purposive sampling and key informant interviews, verbatim transcribed.

Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

Three Dar es Salaam Regional Referral Hospitals, Tanzania.