Summary of study participants
The 2 representatives of organisations interested in leprosy control were purposively selected based on their contributions to leprosy control within the region covered by their organisation. The agencies and organizations whose staff were interviewed include Damien Foundation, The Leprosy Mission Nigeria (TLMN), and TY Danjuma Foundation.
Why 9 participants ? This study was designed to make exploratory and qualitative submissions and no inferential analysis was intended. Quantitative data were used to describe and support qualitative responses and not to conclude, so representativeness was not considered. One FGD with a male population and one with a female population was thought to be appropriate since all persons lived in the same environment. Participants who were selected to be part of the quantitative were also part of the whole that was selected for the qualitative were selected.