Injection Use and Practices in Uganda - EDM Research Series No. 014: LIST OF APPENDICES: Appendix 1

Appendix 1

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

Tracer Condition

Inject. Only

Inject. &Oral

Herbal Med.

Non-Medicin.

Nothing

Cough & cold

Intestinal worms

Fever/rise in body temperature

Questionnaire A: Household survey

PART I

District		____________________________________________________________

RC	4	____________________________________________________________
RC	3	____________________________________________________________
RC	2	____________________________________________________________
RC	1	____________________________________________________________
Household number
		____________________________________________________________

Respondent’s name

_________________________________________________

Sex M/F Age ______

Education level	___________________Occupation____________________
Name of supervisor	_________________________________________________
Name of interviewer	_________________________________________________
Date of interview	_________________________________________________
Date of check back	_________________________________________________

1.	Name of household head________________________________
2.	What is his/her principal source of income?
	0. Unemployed
	1. Civil servant (employed by government)
	2. Employed by a private firm (bank, etc.)
	3. Self-employed/business
	4. Farming/fishing
	5. Others specify_______________________________________
3.	Education level reached by household head (specify)
	________________________________________________________________

4. Number of members in the household ________

5. Who was the last person to get an injection in this household? (Which household member?)

a)	Name	_______________________
	Age:	1. 0-4 years
		2. 5-14 years
		3. 15 and above
	Sex:	1. Male
		2. Female

6. When (time) was this injection received?_______________

7. For what reason was the injection given?

1.	Therapeutic
2.	Drip (infusion)
3.	Contraception
4.	Immunization

8. If it was therapy, what symptoms were being treated? (Please note down the symptoms in local terms)

_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________

9. What medicine was injected? (use local term)

_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________

10. Where was the injection provided? (Use local categorization)

_________________________________________________________________________

11. Who provided the injection?

_________________________________________________________________________

12. Do you have any kind of relationship with the injection provider?

Yes

13. If yes, what is the nature of relationship?

1.	Parent	2.	Relative
3.	Friend	4.	Neighbour
5.	Other________________________

EQUIPMENT AT HOME

14. Do you keep needles and syringes in your home?

Yes

15. If yes, where did you obtain them?

_________________________________________________________________________

16. Do you keep injectables?

Yes

17. If yes, what type of injectables do you have?

1.	Chloroquine
2.	PPF
3.	Others______________

18. Where did you obtain the injectables (1. Yes 2. No)

1.	Government facility
2.	Non-governmental facility
3.	Private clinic
4.	Pharmacy
5.	Drug shop
6.	Shop or market place
7.	Drug pedlar or hawker
8.	Friend, relative or neighbour

COMPLICATIONS

19. Has any member of family ever had any complications with injections?

Yes

20. If yes, what kind of injection complications (1. Yes 2. No)

1. Abscess
2. Allergy
3. Lameness

21. From where was that injection obtained? (find out the local categorization of facilities)

1. Governmental hospital
2. Government HC
3. Non-governmental HC
4. Private clinic
5. Non-formal facility
6. At home
7. Others (specify)
_________________________________________________________________________

22. Who provided that injection?

_________________________________________________________________________

23. What do you think was the cause of the complication?

1. Provider
2. Bad injectable
3. Bad equipment
4. I do not know
5. Others specify
_________________________________________________________________________

HYPOTHETICAL TRACER CONDITIONS

24. What treatment should be given for the following illnesses? Please fill in Table I.

Table I: Treatment form for tracer conditions based on hypothetical questions

1. Yes
2. No

PART II: TWO WEEK RECALL PERIOD
(PLEASE NOTE IF THERE IS CHANGE IN THE RESPONDENT)

1. Has anyone in this home been sick during the last two weeks?

1. Yes
2. No

2. In the last two weeks has anyone in this home received any form of injection? (1. Yes 2. No)

1.Therapeutic
2. Immunization
3. Drip (infusion)
4. Contraception
5.None

3. If it was a therapeutic injection then fill in Table II.

4. If it was an immunization then fill in Table III.

Table II: Sickness and treatment in two week period

Name	Age	Sex	Symptoms	Tracer condition	Treatment (form)	No. of inject.	Medicine (local term)	Source cost

Table III: Immunization record

Name	Sex	Age	No. of injections