Table 1 Data collection methods and purpose on perception and experiences with using DHIS2
Data collection method | Study respondents | Number of interviews | Sampling technique | Purpose/Main issues explored |
|---|---|---|---|---|
IDI | CHCPs, nurses, health inspectors, upazila statisticians | 23 | Convenient | Efficiency of record keeping using DHIS2; staff attitudes; reporting status; factors hampering data entry and processing |
FGD | District statisticians | 2 | Purposive | Multiplicative information and knowledge of using DHIS2; cross-checking reflections that emerged during the IDIs |
KII | Health managers (UHFPOs, civil surgeons) | 5 | Purposive, snowball | Role of DHIS 2 technology in improving RMNCAH service delivery; constraining and facilitating factors during DHIS2 implementation; other implementation challenges; scope of improvement of servers and software |
HMIS experts (system analysts and IT programmers) | 3 | |||
Key decision makers (assistant chief MIS-DGHS, program managers from MIS directorates and divisional focal persons from development partners) | 3 | |||
Total sample size (N) | N = 47 |  | ||