Injection Use and Practices in Uganda - EDM Research Series No. 014: 2. METHODOLOGY

Injection Use and Practices in Uganda - EDM Research Series No. 014
(1994; 54 pages)

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
	1.1 Problem statement
	1.2 Objectives of the study
	1.3 Background to the country situation
		1.3.1 Health care in Uganda and injection use
		1.3.2 Sources of equipment and injectables
2. METHODOLOGY
	2.1 Sampling frame
	2.2 User-oriented methods
		2.2.1 Interviews with key informants
		2.2.2 Structured household interviews
		2.2.3 Methodological problems encountered with the household survey
	2.3 Provider-oriented methods
3. EXTENT OF INJECTION USE
	3.1 Prevalence of injection use
	3.2 Prevalence of specific types of injections
	3.3 Sources of injections
		3.3.1 Home possession of injection equipment and injectables
		3.3.2 Qualifications of provider who administered last injection
	3.4 Prevalence of injections at various medical facilities
	3.5 Evaluation of the appropriateness of injection use
4. HYGIENE OF INJECTION PRACTICE
	4.1 Hygiene of injections in Ankole
	4.2 Hygiene of injections in Busoga
		4.2.1 Injecting equipment
		4.2.2 Before injecting
		4.2.3 During injecting
		4.2.4 After injecting
		4.2.5 Summary
	4.3 Injection complications
5. POPULARITY OF INJECTIONS
6. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
	6.1 Overview of results including main findings
	6.2 Recommendations
		6.2.1 Interventions
REFERENCES
LIST OF APPENDICES
	Appendix 1
	Appendix 2
	Appendix 3
OTHER DOCUMENTS IN THE DAP RESEARCH SERIES

2. METHODOLOGY

The methods applied in data collection for the present study were those specifically developed for Injection Practice Research in three countries - Indonesia, Senegal and Uganda. At two informal workshops organized by WHO, the research methodology was reviewed and standardized with respect to core data collection methods and data analysis to allow for comparison of research results and without compromising the need for country specific modifications in the conduct of research.⁴ Apart from following guidelines developed by WHO, our study covered questions that were relevant to the Uganda context. For example, in the household questionnaire, questions were included on the possession of injection equipment and injectables at home and users’ experiences with injection complications.

⁴The proceedings of the Informal Workshops on Injection Practices Research were published by WHO: 1) WHO/DAP/91.8; 2) WHO/DAP/92.2; combined in WHO/DAP/92.9.