Qualitative Study Transcripts on Sleeping Sickness Screening in Bibanga District

Bibanga Health District in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the focus of this qualitative dataset containing verbatim transcripts from 13 focus group discussions and 12 semi-structured interviews. The dataset explores community and healthcare provider perceptions regarding the integration of passive screening for human African trypanosomiasis into primary health services. Researcher Jérémie Ilunga created this dataset, which was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze verbatim transcripts to identify key themes like 'fear of testing' or 'confusion with malaria' for community health messaging.
• Compare perceptions between different actor groups (e.g., 'women', 'healthcare providers', 'community volunteers') to understand barriers to screening integration.
• Extract specific obstacles cited in discussions, such as 'stockouts', 'transportation costs', or 'lack of training', for root-cause analysis.
• Use thematic codes from the ATLAS.ti analysis to model relationships between sociocultural barriers and healthcare access.

Strengths

• Contains primary qualitative data from 25 distinct discussion sessions (13 FGDs, 12 SSIs).
• Covers multiple stakeholder perspectives including community members, patients, volunteers, providers, and decision-makers.
• Data is thematically analyzed and available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small at 100.0 KB, indicating limited textual volume.
• Geographic scope is restricted to a single health district (Bibanga), limiting generalizability.
• Data is translated from Tshiluba to French, potentially introducing semantic nuance loss.

Provenance

Source

Jérémie Ilunga via figshare.

Collection Method

Qualitative data collected via focus group discussions and semi-structured interviews, transcribed, translated, and analyzed with ATLAS.ti software.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated in 2026, indicating recent curation.

Geography

Bibanga Health District, Democratic Republic of the Congo.