Table 1 Health Workers Key Informant Guide
Categories | Themes | Probes |
|---|---|---|
Theme 1 | Duration of practice as health worker | Duration of service, highest qualification, employment status |
Theme 2 | Enabling factors and barrier to diagnosis and management of cervical cancer | Review process of diagnosis of cervical cancer here, factors that positively or negatively influence health seeking and diagnosis and treatment in this hospital, availability of screening, special cancer clinic, Pap smear and in-house pathology services; management challenges and referral, reason for referral and patients “ response to referrals; follow up care |
Theme 3 | Practical challenges perceived to be faced by cervical cancer patients | Observed challenges, complaints from patients and families, decision making for tests and treatments such as operations to remove uterus, role of husbands, and delays in decisions for operations |
Theme 4 | Proposed remedies for cervical cancer patients | Problems/challenges facing cervical cancer management which undermine outcome of treatment and ways to improve treatment outcomes |