The files here represent the metadata underpinning a study to investigate knowledge, experience and beliefs surrounding hepatitis b virus (HBV) infection in south-west Uganda.
S1 Table: Data extraction summarising responses to discussion about knowledge, experience and beliefs about Hepatitis B virus infection from 131 study participants in Uganda. Table summarises feedback from individuals and group discussions.
S2 Tables: Common themes obtained from analysing responses obtained from study participants participating in discussion about knowledge, experience and beliefs about Hepatitis B virus infection in Uganda. These represent responses from all individuals represented in the study. Note there is not a defined denominator, as there were differing approaches to approach discussion with study participants.
The study was approved by the Science and Ethics Committee of the Uganda Virus Research Institute (ref: GC/127/18/05/645 and the Oxford Tropical Research Ethics Committee (ref: 516-18).
Funding
JM is funded by Leverhulme Mandela Rhodes Doctoral Scholarship. PCM is funded by the Wellcome Trust (grant ref 110110). The SHEBA project was supported by a project grant from the Medical Research Council Global Challenges Research Fund, GCRF (Principal Investigator Philippa Matthews). The MRC/UVRI and LSHTM is jointly funded by the UK Medical Research Council (MRC) and the UK Department for International Development (DFID) under the MRC/DFID Concordat agreement and is also part of the EDCTP2 programme supported by the European Union. The Uganda General Population Cohort (GPC) staff have received support from THRiVE (https://thrive.or.ug/).