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Table 2 Data collection summary

From: The health system accountability impact of prison health committees in Zambia

Study population

Activity

Inclusion criteriaa

Number of respondents

ZCS Headquarters

IDI

Employed by/seconded to ZCS

7

MOH / MCDMCH / MHA Officials

IDI

Currently employed by MOH, MCDMCH or MHA

Involved with Zambian prison health services

3

NGO other community stakeholders

IDI

Current NGO or community member involved with prison health services

2

Facility Officers in Charge

IDI

Current appointment as the officer in charge (or acting) in a Correctional facilityb

3 female

4 male

Appointed PrHC members

FGD

Appointed members of PrHC

Able to provide informed consent

8 FGDs (Totalling 21 Females 51 Males)

Non-PrHC inmates

FGD

Inmate non-member of PrHC

Able to provide informed consent

8 FGDs (Totalling 23 Female 46 Males)

  1. aExclusion criteria for all categories were a respondent < 18 years’ old and/or a known history of mental illness
  2. bOfficer in Charge for Facilities 5 and 6 – adjoining male and female prisons – was the same person