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This chapter describes both the qualitative and quantitative methods employed for this study. Qualitative interviews were employed to explore the experiences, attitudes and practices of three stakeholder groups: people living with HIV; religious leaders; and officials from the Ministry of Health. A total of 35 in-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted face-to-face, audio-taped, transcribed and analysed thematically. Quantitative data were obtained from the same three groups by means of a common questionnaire. In all, 252 completed questionnaires were obtained and analysis was undertaken using SPSS.
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Barmania, S., Reiss, M.J. (2018). Methodology. In: Islam and Health Policies Related to HIV Prevention in Malaysia. SpringerBriefs in Public Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68909-8_3
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