Data for: "Humanitarian sector (international non-governmental organisations) support to the community in Goma city/DRC during the COVID-19 pandemic period: expectations and reality"

Sahani, MK, Mayhew, S and Hamuli, RP. 2023. Data for: "Humanitarian sector (international non-governmental organisations) support to the community in Goma city/DRC during the COVID-19 pandemic period: expectations and reality". [Online]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00003630.

Sahani, MK, Mayhew, S and Hamuli, RP. Data for: "Humanitarian sector (international non-governmental organisations) support to the community in Goma city/DRC during the COVID-19 pandemic period: expectations and reality" [Internet]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; 2023. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00003630.

Sahani, MK, Mayhew, S and Hamuli, RP (2023). Data for: "Humanitarian sector (international non-governmental organisations) support to the community in Goma city/DRC during the COVID-19 pandemic period: expectations and reality". [Data Collection]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00003630.

Description

These data were collected in Goma city/DRC by a team from Hope Medical Centre in support of LSHTM team (Dr Mateus Kambale Sahani and prof Susannah Mayhew). Collection was done by an administered survey questionnaire to the community members to explore how humanitarian international organizations operating in Goma city have engaged with the community members to support them coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. The dataset has 16 variables which are all categorical except the participant ID. It contains both independent variables which are the participants' general characteristics (such age group, social group, sex, level of education), and dependent variables which are directly related to interventions from humanitarian organisations or judgement by the community members.

Methods

Description of data capture

The questionnaire was administered with minimum interaction with the research team to clarify the questions for the participants. Participants were recruited voluntarily and have signed consent forms before being included in the study. Only adults of 18 years old and above were recruited in Karisimbi Health Zone of Goma city.

Data capture method

Questionnaire: Fixed form - Paper

Data Collection Period

From	To
1 February 2022	31 May 2022

Date (Completed)

11 September 2023

Language(s) of written materials

English

People & Groups

Data Creators	Sahani, MK, Mayhew, S and Hamuli, RP
Associated roles	Hamuli, RP (Data Collector), Hamuli, RP (Principal Investigator), Sahani, MK (Co-Investigator), Sahani, MK (Producer), Mayhew, S (Co-Investigator) and Mayhew, S (Producer)
LSHTM Faculty/Department	Faculty of Public Health and Policy > Dept of Global Health and Development
Research Group	Health in Humanitarian Crisis Centre (HHCC), The Global Health Network
Participating Institutions	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Hope Medical Centre (HMC)