Table 1 Roles of the academic, local and community researchers

Research design

Developing and writing

Developing and writing

(Developing)*

Ethics application

Obtaining ethical approval

Feedback on ethics application strategies (e.g., informed consent), ethics application

(Feedback on ethics application strategies (e.g., informed consent)), ethics application

Data-collection tools

First and final design

Feedback

(Feedback)

Participant recruitment

Coordination and guidance

Deciding on target communities, developing the recruitment strategy and recruitment of participants

(Deciding on target communities), developing recruitment strategy and recruitment of participants

Data collection

(Conducting interviews)

Conducting interviews

Data management

Data management

Data management

Data management

Data analysis

Analysis of the interviews

Feedback on the analysis, guidance of academic researcher

(Feedback on the analysis, guidance of academic researcher)

Written report

Writing report

Feedback and input for report

(Feedback and input for report)