Barriers to childhood asthma care in sub-Saharan Africa: a multicountry qualitative study with children and their caregivers.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study identifies barriers and provides recommendations to improve asthma care in children across sub-Saharan Africa, where qualitative data is lacking despite high rates.

Design

One of the aims of our National Institute for Health Research global health research group 'Achieving Control of Asthma in Children in Africa' was to use qualitative thematic analysis of transcribed audio recordings from focus group discussions (FGDs) to describe barriers to achieving good asthma control.

Setting

Schools in Blantyre (Malawi), Lagos (Nigeria), Durban (South Africa), Kampala (Uganda) and Harare (Zimbabwe).

Participants

Children (n=136), 12-14 years with either asthma symptoms or a diagnosis and their caregivers participated in 39 FGDs. All were recruited u

SUBMITTER: Naidoo KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10476107 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature