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Table 1 Integration of the education programme and research methods

From: Towards a public health approach for palliative care: an action-research study focused on engaging a local community and educating teenagers

Education programme on palliative care for teenagers

Participants

Method for data collection

Analysis

Preparatory stage

Teenagers (n = 48)

Catechists (n = 11)

Written sentences/ questions about palliative care

Thematic content analysis

Interviews

Reverend

Written testimony

Researcher-educator

Field notes

Intervention stage ‘Education Session’

Teenagers (n = 48)

Parents (n = 8)

Catechists (n = 11)

Community members (n = 2)

Education session materials (PPT)

Thematic content analysis

Interviews

Reverend

Written testimony

Researcher-educator

Field-notes

Evaluation stage

Teenagers (n = 48)

Parents (n = 8)

Catechists (n = 11)

Community members (n = 2)

Questionnaire

Descriptive (%)

Interviews

Thematic content analysis

Reverend

Written testimony

Researcher-educator

Field-notes

  1. Note: Although the evaluation stage is described at the end of the process, it focused on all stages of the education programme