MPH6215 Qualitative Research Methods

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   Match the research question to the appropriate qualitative research design (descriptive, phenomenology, action research, case study, ethnography and grounded theory);

2. 2

   Develop qualitative data collection processes (interview and focus group guides, participant observation sheets);

3. 3

   Describe principles of good research and ethical issues in qualitative research including recruitment, sampling, data collection and analysis approaches;

4. 4

   Describe the main types of data analysis approaches for qualitative research (content analysis, thematic analysis, narrative analysis, discourse analysis and grounded theory);

5. 5

   Apply thematic analysis coding techniques to an example transcript;

6. 6

   Critique qualitative papers published in health services and public health literature;

7. 7

   Describe how qualitative research can be used in mixed methods research designs.