Developing optimum vaccination strategies for Rift Valley Fever (RVF) in East Africa - Understanding how gender and soci-economic factors influence the use of RVF vaccines

Author(s)
  • Bett, Bernard
  • Mutua, Edna
  • Campbell, Zoe
  • Namatovu, Jane
  • De Haan, Nicoline
  • Tumusiime, Dan
  • Jost, Christine
  • Ouma, Emily
Release Year 2023
Regions
  • Northern America
  • Americas
  • World
  • Eastern Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
Themes
  • Women's empowerment
Source MELDATA
Temporal coverage -
Usage Rights
Access Limited
Methodology
Sampling FGD were conducted in 14 villages in Uganda (14 FGD with men and 14 with women-only participants) and 15 villages in Kenya (15 FGD with men and 15 with women-only participants). See associated paper for further details (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6789819/)
Unit of analysis Focus Group Discussion
Universe Livestock producers in Uganda (Ibanda, Arua) and Kenya (Murang'a, Kwale)
Contact point Bett, Bernard
Funding Organisations United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Providers International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
full citation Bett, Bernard; Mutua, Edna; Campbell, Zoe; Namatovu, Jane; De Haan, Nicoline; Tumusiime, Dan; Jost, Christine; Ouma, Emily, 2023, "Developing optimum vaccination strategies for Rift Valley Fever (RVF) in East Africa - Understanding how gender and soci-economic factors influence the use of RVF vaccines", https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/FK2/GN13EL, MELDATA, V3

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Abstract

The overall project was a mixed methods study to inform the development of effective RVF vaccination strategies in East Africa. The project had 3 key research areas: 1) An RVF vaccination trial, 2) Understanding how gender and socioeconomic factors influence the use of RVF vaccines, 3)Training livestock producers and other stakeholders to improve their knowledge, attitudes and practices on the use of RVF vaccines. The study was conducted in Kenya and Uganda through a collaboration between Kenya and Uganda ILRI officers and the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries in Uganda. This dataset related to research area 2: Understanding how gender and socioeconomic factors influence the use of RVF vaccines. Qualitative focus group discussions (58) with men and women to discuss knowledge, attitudes, and practices about control of Rift Valley fever in cattle and small ruminants. Data provided are summary notes from each focus group discussion with identifiers removed. Qualitative data can be used to better understand the following topics: Rift Valley fever management decisions, intra-household decision-making about preventive and curative veterinary services, gendered barriers to accessing RVF vaccines. Note for a future researcher: At the time of this submission, qualitative data is not always shared, in part due to concerns about re-use given the importance of understanding the context in which the data were collected. After much deliberation, our research team has agreed to make the qualitative data collected in focus group discussions available in the form of summary notes with all identifiers removed, with the request that anyone planning additional analyses reach out to the PI of the project, Bernard Bett at b.bett@cgiar.org. This will allow us to know how the data are being used and provide any additional context or support for the secondary analyses. Thank you in advance and wishing you the best in your research. This research was funded by the USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance through grant number CRP21-OA3-2017. Additional support was obtained from the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health led by IFPRI.