Methodology

Abstract

This chapter describes both the qualitative and quantitative methods employed for this study. Qualitative interviews were employed to explore the experiences, attitudes and practices of three stakeholder groups: people living with HIV; religious leaders; and officials from the Ministry of Health. A total of 35 in-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted face-to-face, audio-taped, transcribed and analysed thematically. Quantitative data were obtained from the same three groups by means of a common questionnaire. In all, 252 completed questionnaires were obtained and analysis was undertaken using SPSS.