Qualitative Transcripts on Sleeping Sickness Screening Integration

Thirteen focus group discussions and twelve semi-structured interviews explore perceptions of integrating passive screening for Human African Trypanosomiasis into primary healthcare in the Bibanga Health District. The dataset contains verbatim transcripts translated from Tshiluba to French, collected by researcher Jérémie Ilunga and published in 2026. This qualitative data captures community and healthcare provider views on structural, economic, and sociocultural barriers.

Use Cases

• Analyzing thematic codes from transcripts to identify key sociocultural barriers like rumors and stigmatization.
• Comparing perceptions between actor groups (e.g., women, youth, healthcare providers) using focus group discussion content.
• Extracting specific economic constraints mentioned in interviews, such as transportation costs and medical expenses.
• Studying language and translation patterns between original Tshiluba recordings and French transcripts for qualitative analysis.

Strengths

• Contains 13 focus group discussions and 12 semi-structured interviews, providing multiple perspectives.
• Data is thematically analyzed using ATLAS.ti software, indicating structured qualitative coding.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for wide reuse.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small (160.9 KB), indicating limited textual scope.
• Geographic coverage is restricted to the Bibanga Health District, limiting generalizability.
• No raw columnar data or sample rows are provided, only processed transcripts in a ZIP.

Provenance

Source

Jérémie Ilunga via figshare.

Collection Method

Qualitative study using focus group discussions and semi-structured interviews, recorded, transcribed, and translated.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated in 2026, indicating recent data collection.

Geography

Bibanga Health District.