Table 1 Methodologies of the studies carried out as part of the Malakit project and of other sources of data and information
Studies | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pre-intervention survey | Post-intervention survey | Malakit intervention | Qualitative study | |
Aim | To evaluate the effectiveness of the Malakit intervention strategy | To assess the use of malakits by the participants | To evaluate perception and opinion of the intervention, levers, barriers, and opportunities | |
Methodology | Cross-sectional study | Longitudinal data collection | 1) on-site observation; 2) semi-structured individual interviews; 3) semi-structured group | |
Place of data collection | Gold miners’ resting sites on the Surinamese and Brazilian borders with French Guiana | Kit distribution sites | One distribution site in Suriname and one distribution site in Brazil | |
Timing | Surinamese border: January-June 2015; Brazilian border: May-June and October-November 2018 | October-December 2019 | Throughout implementation phase (April 2018—March 2020) | April 2019 and August 2019 |
Population | All the individuals working at illegal gold mining sites in French Guiana | Malakit participants | 22 Malakit participants who used the kit, four facilitators in Brazil, two facilitators in Suriname, and six actors from the local community | |
Sampling | Snow-ball effect | Systematic | Convenience sample | |
Data collectors | One physician, one nurse, and one interpreter/interviewer | Nine Malakit facilitators | One external assessor: Professor of social work | |
Analysis type | See references | See references | See references | Thematic analysis method of Mucchielli & Pailléa using a semi-open descriptive coding grid based on ten general codesb |
References | [42] | |||
Other information sources | ||||
Medical outreach mission in Repentir | Supervisory visits | Feedback from the project implementers | Videos of facilitators | |
Aim | To collect data on the knowledge, perception, and reach of the intervention | To assess the delivery of the intervention | To capitalize on the experience of the implementing actors | To present the facilitators’ points of view at the final meeting of the project |
Methodology | Cross-sectional data collection | Observation of the intervention and interviews with facilitators | In-depth debriefings | Structured questionnaire sent to the facilitators |
Place of data collection | At a gold mining site in French Guiana located particularly far from the distribution sites | Kit distribution sites | NA | NA |
Population | People who voluntarily came for health care to the medical consultation point set up on site | Facilitators and study participants | Project implementers (project implementation team and coordination teams in Brazil and Suriname) | Facilitators |
Timing | June 2019 | Throughout implementation phase (April 2018—March 2020) | Throughout implementation phase (April 2018—March 2020) | September—October 2020 |
Sampling | Systematic | NA | NA | NA |
Data collectors | Two members of the project implementation team | Members of the project implementation team and supervisors from Brazil and Suriname | Project implementation team | Videos (or only audio files) self-recorded by two facilitators in Brazil and five facilitators in Suriname |
Analysis type | Descriptive analysis using Stata 13 | Extraction of information from the supervision reports | Synthesis of information collected from debriefings throughout implementation | Extraction of information from the videos |