“…Data will be analysed using content analysis. The beneficiaries of the study results will be children who are patients depending on decisions made by their mothers, mothers of children who require Oxygen therapy and health care providers so that child mortality rate due to lack of Oxygen in the body as a complication of severe pneumonia reduces.…”
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“…Purposive sampling was used to draw up the sample. Data was collected using a questionnaire which comprised of both open ended and closed questions. …”
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“…Face to face in-depth interviews were conducted using a semi structured interview guide. Data analysis was done using Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis. …”
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“…Qualitative data was collected through in-depth interviews using a semi-structured interview guide and the interviews were audio recorded. …”
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“…Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) is a challenge in low and middle income countries (LMICs) due to limited resources. …”
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“…Health Belief Model was used to guide the study. Both qualitative and quantitative designs were used and data was collected using questionnaires and analysed using SPSS. …”
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“…Unwanted pregnancy followed by unsafe abortion can be avoided by using different contraceptive methods, including emergency contraceptives. …”
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“…This descriptive methodology has been used because it utilizes methods of enquiry that emphasize subjectivity and the meaning of the experience to the individual presented in thoughts, ideas, feelings, attitudes and perceptions. …”
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“…The study was descriptive qualitative. It recruited a sample size of 12 males from Kawale 1. Data was collected using an interview guide and a recorder, data analysis was done manually. …”
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“…With Tropical Cyclone Freddy gone, DCCMS indicates that normal rainy season weather conditions will now be experienced. On 13th March, a state of disaster was declared in the 14 districts that were severely affected by the cyclone. …”
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“…Thirty participants were enrolled in the study; fifteen males and fifteen females using ten men, using random sampling technique. A questionnaire was used in a face-to-face interview to collect data from the respondents. …”
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“…The study aimed to explore caregivers’ perception regarding parental participation in the care of their hospitalised children at QECH. A descriptive qualitative design using a semi-structured interview guide was used to collect data from 20 caregivers in the pediatric department and thematic analysis was done guided by the Colaizzi method. …”
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“…The purpose of the study was to explore factors influencing retention of government seconded nurse educators in CHAM Nursing/Midwifery colleges. The study used a qualitative approach. An exploratory research design was used to obtain data from 13 nurse educators working at St Luke’s, Nkhoma Colleges of Nursing/Midwifery and Kamuzu Central Hospital. …”
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“…With 11% of the population still defecating in the open, The ODF Malawi 2015 Strategy has been developed to ensure complete elimination of open defecation in rural Malawi by 2015. …”
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“…The study was conducted at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, surgical Pediatric Ward. A qualitative research design was used and 10 mothers of children with hydrocephalus were selected using convenience sampling. …”
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“…Quantitative data was collected using a checklist and analyzed using SPSS v 20. Ethical approval was sought from College of Medicine Research and Ethics Committee. …”
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“…All interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim. Data was analysed using a thematic content analysis approach. All participants were knowledgeable of cervical cancer. …”
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“…To determine the aetiology of stillbirths and adverse new-born outcomes among women delivering at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH), Blantyre, Malawi This was a cross-section study done in two phases. In the first phase, data on all stillbirths that occurred at QECH between 1st August 2016 and 31st September 2016 was collected from the labour ward and Chatinkha operating theatre registries and patients’ files. …”
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“…The aim of the study was to find out the factors that influence women of childbearing age to stop childbearing. A qualitative descriptive study design was used for generating rich descriptive data on the factors that influence women of childbearing age to stop childbearing. …”
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“…Data were collected from a purposive sample of 17 nurses, clinicians and medical assistants through in-depth interviews using a semi-structured interview guide and was analyzed using thematic analysis method. …”
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