Focus groups held with women in the community and at the health centers identified other important factors related to implementation of the ANC model, catalogued below as either internal (related to individual characteristics) or external factors (related to the environment, organization and rules of the health system) (Table 4).
An epidemiological study which used the Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue (EMIC) reported that 87.5% (78.2 93.8%) of all fevers in children in our study area were treated with one of the recommended antimalarials (at that time SP, amodiaquine or quinine) [13].
The study combined classical ethnography with the cultural epidemiology approach using EMIC (Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue) tool.
The Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue (EMIC) has been developed to elicit illness-related perceptions, beliefs, and practices (26).
This study used semistructured interviews based on the framework of the explanatory model interview catalogue (EMIC) 17 for cultural epidemiology 18 and in-depth interviews.
A semi-structured Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue (EMIC) interview was developed to study community views of cholera and shigellosis in a peri-urban and rural community of Zanzibar.
The toolkit included the Screening of Activity Limitation and Safety Awareness (SALSA) scale, Participation Scale, Jacoby Stigma Scale (anticipated stigma), Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue (EMIC) stigma scale and Discrimination assessment.
In each sub-study, a semi-structured interview guide called Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue - EMIC [ 23, 24] was administered to caretakers two to four weeks after a HDSS field worker had identified and reported the convulsion episode.
The rapid disability assessment (RDA) toolkit used comprised generic methods and instruments for assessing disability and stigma, compatible with the ICF conceptual framework: Screening of Activity Limitation and Safety Awareness (SALSA) scale, Participation Scale, Jacoby Stigma Scale, Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue (EMIC) stigma scale and Discrimination assessment form (8, 10, 16– 23).
