Topic | Theme | Code | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Job satisfaction | Satisfied | Satisfied | Satisfied to be working as a microscopist. |
Achievement of the motivation (hope) | Devotion | To help the community, village, and people. | |
Case reduction* | Malaria incidence is decreasing.* | ||
Inquisitiveness | To increase knowledge about malaria. | ||
Role | Case reduction* | Case reduction* | Malaria incidence is decreasing.* |
More in rainy season | More in rainy season | More patients in the rainy season. | |
Problems | Working conditions | Supply | Shortage of materials and/or medicine. |
Setting | No electricity, broken equipment,* and/or narrowness of working space.** | ||
Finances | Incentives differ per municipality and are often delayed. No travel budget for home visits or official trips. | ||
Working hours | Patients want to be diagnosed any time, no replacement exists,* and no maternal leave was thought to be available. | ||
Employment | Strict recruitment policy. | ||
Health damage | Health problems caused by microscopy such as eye problem and headache. | ||
Limitations | Cannot treat other health problem. | ||
Politics | After election, policies often change. | ||
Recipients | Patient | Recurring malaria,** inappropriate intake of medicine,** and/or difficult personality. | |
Community | Distrust by villagers, belief in certain religions, and/or belief in traditional medicine (indigenous residents).* | ||
No/fewer problems | No problems | No problems | |
Fewer problems* | Along with reduction in malaria, fewer problems occur.* | ||
Experience | Sad | Community distrust | Difficulty in being trusted by the community. |
Patient death | Patient died because the patient or their family did not trust microscopists and did not seek treatment from microscopists. | ||
Disagreement in diagnosis* | Diagnoses of medical technologists or private hospitals do not match with those of microscopists.* | ||
Politics | Autocratic behavior of politically strong persons. | ||
Working hours | Patient wants to be diagnosed any time, and no maternal leave was thought to be available. | ||
Happy | Devotion | Could help the patients and community. | |
Meeting | Gather with other microscopists in meetings, training, and yearly malaria congress. |