Interviews and group discussions with crisis and outbreak affected populations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on handwashing determinants.

Reserach overview: The research associated with this dataset aimed to
qualitatively explore whether the determinants of handwashing behaviour change during a cholera outbreak. We conducted an
exploratory qualitative study involving interviews and group discussions. The transcipts of which are included in this dataset.

Study site descriptions: The study took place Minova, in South Kivu in the DR Congo in October and Novermber 2017 during the peak of a large cholera outbreak. Minova is situated on the shore of Lake Kivu and the town of 200,000
people is a recognised cholera ‘hot spot’. It also hosts a large number of
internally displaced persons (IDPs) who have fled armed conflict in
neighbouring villages. This research included IDPs and Host community members. For the interviews participants were selected purposively based on their exposure to cholera.
To do this we worked with health staff to identify cholera cases registered
within the last three months. We also approached other
households in the nearby vicinity to be part of the research, these households did not have recent personal experiences of cholera. FGD participants were sampled
purposively to be similar in terms of gender, geographical regions and type of
residence.

Reserach framework:

The research was informed
by Behaviour Centred Design (BCD) which draws on evolutionary and
environmental
psychology to define domains of behaviour including cognitive processes,
socio-demographic
characteristics, the settings where behaviours take place (and the
infrastructure, objects, norms, roles and routines that are associated
with
these settings) and the physical, social and contextual environment. 16
categories of determinants were pre-identified for exploration.

Research Methods:

In total 93 people took part in interviews and group discussions with 40% of these coming
from households with one or more cholera cases in the last 3 months. 6
group discussions were completed involving 43 people. 6 participatory
activities were included in the group discussions to explore
current and past hygiene challenges, priorities, perceived risk, preceptions of cholera and
preferences
related to infrastructure and soap. 50 people participated in interviews. 9
participatory activities were used within the interviews to explore
current and
past hygiene challenges, water use,
roles, routines, norms, motives, social networks, and contextual
determinants. Full methods descriptions are included in the documents
attached (at end). Interviews and FGDs were conducted in Congolese Swahili and as such there are some typos and grammatical errors in the
English transcripts.

研究概述：本数据集关联的研究旨在以质性研究范式，探索霍乱（cholera）暴发期间洗手行为的影响因素是否发生变化。我们开展了一项探索性质性研究，涵盖访谈与焦点小组讨论（Focus Group Discussion，FGD），相关访谈转录文本已收录于本数据集。

研究地点说明：本研究于2017年10月至11月在刚果民主共和国南基伍省的米诺瓦（Minova）开展，时值大规模霍乱（cholera）暴发高峰期。米诺瓦坐落于基伍湖沿岸，这座拥有20万人口的城镇是公认的霍乱（cholera）“高发热点区域”。同时，该镇收容了大量因周边村庄武装冲突流离失所的国内流离失所者（Internally Displaced Persons，IDPs）。本次研究的参与者涵盖国内流离失所者与本地社区居民。
访谈对象采用目的性抽样，依据其霍乱（cholera）暴露情况筛选：我们与医护人员合作，识别近三个月内登记的霍乱（cholera）病例所属家庭；同时也招募了周边无近期霍乱（cholera）个人感染经历的家庭作为研究对象。焦点小组讨论的参与者同样采用目的性抽样，在性别、地理区域与居住类型上保持同质化。

研究框架：本研究以行为中心设计（Behaviour Centred Design，BCD）为理论基础，该框架融合进化心理学与环境心理学，界定了行为研究的四大维度：认知过程、社会人口学特征、行为发生场景（及其关联的基础设施、物品、规范、角色与日常惯例），以及物理、社会与情境环境。本研究预先设定了16类影响因素，以供探索分析。

研究方法：本次研究共招募93名参与者完成访谈与焦点小组讨论，其中40%的参与者来自近三个月内存在至少1例霍乱（cholera）病例的家庭。共完成6场焦点小组讨论，累计参与43人；焦点小组讨论中设置了6项参与式活动，用于探讨当前与过往的卫生挑战、优先级事项、感知风险、对霍乱（cholera）的认知，以及对基础设施与肥皂的偏好。另有50名参与者接受了访谈，访谈环节采用9项参与式活动，探索当前与过往的卫生挑战、用水行为、角色与日常惯例、社会规范、行为动机、社会网络及情境影响因素。完整的研究方法说明详见文末附件文档。
本次访谈与焦点小组讨论均以刚果斯瓦西里语（Congolese Swahili）开展，因此英文转录文本中存在部分拼写与语法错误。