The peer led interviews took place 3 months into the programme.
Data were collected through peer led interviews of people with dementia, their family members and health professionals.
Four experienced qualitative researchers led interviews and adapted the interview guide (Additional file 2) during the process as needed to enable a fluent interview (semi-structured interview) [ 16].
SLS drafted the interview script, led interviews, helped draft the coding scheme, assisted in analysis, and revised the manuscript for important intellectual content.
This small 'away' team will enable consideration of issues including the most appropriate gender to conduct the interview, most appropriate role or organisational seniority level to lead interviews, as well as safety considerations.
Reviewers, expert in the subject area and trained in participatory approaches (of involving local stakeholders in all stages of the assessment), used ClASS modules to lead interviews, document reviews, and visit TFs supported by LPs.
CH led interview guide development, interviewed providers, coded and analyzed the data and helped to draft the manuscript.
For example, the awareness of that HIV-positive persons should not be discriminated against, might have led interviewed women to give 'acceptable' answers, whereas in practice they actively discriminate against persons with HIV (e.g., in health care provision) [ 64].
We revisited these Primary Care Trusts during 2003 4, to carry out further interviews with clinical governance leads and managers (12 interviews carried out with 17 informants), audit leads (3 interviews) and mental health leads (11 interviews with 18 informants- one site could not identify a lead) to explore how implementation of clinical governance had progressed.
(Lead interviews run half an hour to 45 minutes, and they suffer relatively little editing).
This time round, the competition – for sources, leads, interviews and audience attention span – will be fierce.
