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Interview Guide

The document is an interview question guide for a focus group discussion aimed at understanding various aspects of a community's history, culture, health, and environmental issues. It covers topics such as community history, cultural practices, health-seeking behaviors, nutrition, administrative structures, HIV/AIDS awareness, environmental health, primary health care activities, and mental health issues. The guide is intended for use during a community health attachment program from May 19 to June 13, 2025.

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Interview Guide

The document is an interview question guide for a focus group discussion aimed at understanding various aspects of a community's history, culture, health, and environmental issues. It covers topics such as community history, cultural practices, health-seeking behaviors, nutrition, administrative structures, HIV/AIDS awareness, environmental health, primary health care activities, and mental health issues. The guide is intended for use during a community health attachment program from May 19 to June 13, 2025.

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SCHOOL OF MEDICINE & SCHOOL OF PHARMACY

COMMUNITY HEALTH ATTACHMENT I

MAY 19 - JUNE 13, 2025

INTERVIEW QUESTION GUIDE

(For Focus Group Discussion (FGD) Session)


INTERVIEW GUIDE

A. HISTORY OF THE COMMUNITY


1. Can you tell us what you know about the community?
2. What is the name of the community/ethnic group?
3. Where did the people who settled here come from?
4. What have you heard others say about the community?

B. HISTORICAL EVENTS
1. Can you tell us about the major events that have occurred in the community?
2. When did they occur and why?
3. How did these events affect the community?
a. Economically
b. Socially
c. Health wise

C. CULTURAL PRACTICES
1. Can you tell us what you know about the cultural practices of the community?
2. What social events take place in this community?
3. When do they take place?
4. What do they signify?
5. In your opinion what are the cultural practices that benefit the health
of your community/How are they beneficial?
6. What about those that are not beneficial/why are they not beneficial?

D. HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIORS


1. What are the major illnesses in your community?
a. For the children
b. For the adults

In your opinion what causes them?


2. What can the community do to prevent them
3. Who are the health care providers in the community?
4. What is the nature of their work?
5. What do people in the community do when they fall sick?
6. Where do they go to get treatment?
7. Why do they go there?

E. NUTRITION
1. What is the community’s staple food?
2. What are the main farming seasons of the year?
3. What crops are grown in each season?
4. What are the main methods of food storage in the community?
5. What are the taboos surrounding food in the community?

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May 19 - June 13, 2025
F. ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE OF THE COMMUNITY
1. What are the administrative structures existing in the community?
a. Governmental
b. Social
c. Health care facilities

G. HIV/AIDS
1. What do you know about HIV/AIDS?
2. Where did you hear about HIV/AIDS?
3. Is HIV/AIDS a problem in the community?
4. Why is that so?
5. What can the community do about HIV/AIDS problem?

H. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ISSUES


1. Can you tell us how the community ensures a safe and clean environment with reference to:-
a. Water
b. Waste disposal
c. Environmental sanitation
2. What are the environmental factors affecting the health status of the community with reference
to:
a. Children
b. Adults

I. PRIMARY HEALTH CARE ACTIVITIES


1. What are the PHC activities that exist in the community?
2. Can you tell us about them?
3. How are they helping the community?

J. MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES


1. What are the major mental health problems of the community?
2. How does the community manage these mental health problems?

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May 19 - June 13, 2025

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