Data Collection

Data collection: November 2010

Nuts and Bolts:

-11 Swazi data collectors

-11 days of data collection

-900 participants surveyed

-13 sites: 11 Tinkundla, 3 clinics, all 4 regions of Swaziland

-sites included:

Hhohho region: Mbabane East and West Tinkundla, Mhlaganatane Inkundla, Mahwalala Red Cross clinic

Manzini region: Manzini North and South Tinkundla, Mafutseni Inkundla, Ludzeludze Inkundla, Sigombeni Red Cross clinic

Lubombo region: Siphofaneni Inkundla, Dvokodvweni Inkundla (met at the Malindza Umphakatsi)

Shiselweni region: Shiselweni II Inkundla, Sandleni Inkundla, Silele Red Cross clinic

Description:

Participants were Rural Health Motivators and Care Facilitators in Swaziland.  RHMs and CFs are community care-givers.  We surveyed them during their monthly meeting.  I randomly selected sites, choosing 2 per region for the RHMs.  For the Red Cross Care Facilitators, we went to the 3 Red Cross clinics in Swaziland, in the Hhohho, Manzini and Shiselweni regions.  The goal was to survey 100 RHMs during each meeting, totaling 800 RHMs.  There are 200 CFs in Swaziland, so our goal was to survey as many of them as possible.  The grand total being 1,000 participants.

Since not all of the participants are literate, I hired data collectors to read the questions to each participant and assist them in filling in the answers.  I held a training for the 11 data collectors before going out to do the surveys.  A good part of the training was held in siSwati!