Interviews and group discussions with displaced populations in Iraq on the determinants of handwashing behaviour

Reserach overview: The research associated with this dataset aimed to
qualitatively explore whether the determinants of handwashing behaviour change
according to the duration of displacement or the type of setting that people
are displaced to. 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 in three
study sites in Northern Iraq between June and August 2017 during the peak of
the offensive against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The first site
was the tented Nargizliya Camp located within Dohuk Governorate in the
Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Founded 6 months prior to data collection, Nargizliya
housed 9,905 people who were predominantly Arab and had fled from the city of
Mosul and its surrounding villages. As a ‘closed camp’, residents in Nargizlyia
were not allowed to leave without permission, and access to communications
(e.g. mobile phones) was not permitted. The second site was Sheikhan Camp,
another tented camp in Dohuk Governorate. Sheikhan Camp held a population of
5,371 Yazidi (Êzidî) people who had fled from the city of Sinjar and its
surrounding villages in summer 2014 and who had resided in the camp for three
years. Residents in Sheikhan were able to come and go from the camp freely and
many worked in the nearby town. The third site included two neighbouring
villages on the outskirts of Mosul in the Ninewa Governorate of Iraq. Residents
of these villages had been displaced during the conflict and had returned
within the last few months to homes damaged during the conflict. At the time of
the research, 134 Arab or Shabak families had returned to these villages. The
villages were also home 30 additional families who were ethnically similar
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from neighbouring villages. Displaced
families either shared homes with residents of the village or lived in damaged
buildings which others had not returned to.
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: 10
group discussions were completed involving 93 people. 4 participatory activities were included in the group discussions to explore
current and past hygiene challenges, priorities, perceived risk and preferences
related to infrastructure and soap.

98 people participated in interviews across study sites. 8
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 Arabic or Kurdish and as such there are some typos and grammatical errors in the English.transcripts.