CuT-AsthMa: Culturally tailored school-based intervention for asthma in Malaysia

We used a qualitative method to explore the views of stakeholders on asthma and school-based intervention of asthma in Malaysia. We involved school staff, healthcare professionals and policymakers in focus groups/interviews to inform the development of Culturally-Tailored school-based for Asthma in Malaysia (CuT-AsthMa) programme. We had 52 participants: 39 school staff, 11 healthcare professionals and two policymakers. The summary of our data is described using a codebook consisting of codes and the description used to analyse the focus groups/interviews. The codebook was developed using open codes, categories (collation of open codes) and themes. We used this codebook to aid in constructing a schema to inform the development of the CuT-AsthMa programme. Other documents include an invitation letter to participants, a set of participant information sheet and consent. The data in this study is to support part of the PhD work at the Usher Institute, the University of Edinburgh. Due to the sensitivity of the data and to protect the confidentiality of the participants involved in this study, the raw data will be deposited in DataVault at the University of Edinburgh.

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