Table 1 Sample distribution for the data collection activities

Iganga-Mayuge DSS (randomly selected villages, 2 hospitals and other health facilities)

Diabetes patients and people at higher risk of diabetes, stratified by gender

8 IDIs

2 females with diabetes

2 males with diabetics,

2 males with risk factors

2 females with risk factors

Diabetes patients, people at higher risk of diabetes, people without diabetes from the community stratified by gender

12 FGDs

2 for females with diabetes

2 for males with diabetes

2 for males with risk factors

2 for females with risk factors

2 for males from the general community

2 for females from the general community