Philosophical Approaches to Qualitative Research

Spencer, Renée; Pryce, Julia; Walsh, Jill Paton

doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190847388.013.13

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“…We conducted initial interviews and focus groups at an on-site research office and transitioned to telephonebased interviews for all healthcare workers from March 2020 onwards. We approached this study through a social constructionist epistemology, acknowledging the co-creation of knowledge between researchers and subjects [18]. We obtained ethics approval from the University of British Columbia Clinical Research Ethics Board (H19-00889).…”

Section: Qualitative Study Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Healthcare provider perspectives on emergency department-initiated buprenorphine/naloxone: a qualitative study

Badke,

Small,

Pratt

et al. 2024

BMC Health Serv Res

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Background Take-home buprenorphine/naloxone is an effective method of initiating opioid agonist therapy in the Emergency Department (ED) that requires ED healthcare worker buy-in for large-scale implementation. We aimed to investigate healthcare workers perceptions of ED take-home buprenorphine/naloxone, as well as barriers and facilitators from an ED healthcare worker perspective. Methods In the context of a take-home buprenorphine/naloxone feasibility study at a tertiary care teaching hospital we conducted a descriptive qualitative study. We conducted one-on-one in person or telephone interviews and focus groups with ED healthcare workers who cared for patients given take-home buprenorphine/naloxone in the feasibility study at Vancouver General Hospital from July 2019 to March 2020. We conducted 37 healthcare worker interviews from December 2019 to July 2020. We audio recorded interviews and focus groups and transcribed them verbatim. We completed interviews until we reached thematic saturation. Data analysis We inductively coded a sample of transcripts to generate a provisional coding structure and to identify emerging themes, which were reviewed by our multidisciplinary team. We then used the final coding structure to analyze the transcripts. We present our findings descriptively. Results Participants identified a number of context-specific facilitators and barriers to take-home buprenorphine/naloxone provision in the ED. Participants highlighted ED conditions having either facilitative or prohibitive effects: provision of buprenorphine/naloxone was feasible when ED volume was low and space was available but became less so as ED volume increased and space decreased. Similarly, participants noted that patient-related factors could have a facilitative or prohibitive effect, such as willingness to wait (willing to stay in the ED for study-related activities and buprenorphine/naloxone initiation activities), receptiveness to buprenorphine/naloxone, and comprehension of the instructions. As for staff-related factors, time was identified as a consistent barrier. Time included time available and time required to initiate buprenorphine/naloxone (including time building rapport). Healthcare worker familiarity with buprenorphine/naloxone was noted as either a facilitating factor or a barrier, and healthcare workers indicated that ongoing training would have been advantageous. Many healthcare workers identified that the ED is an important first point of contact for the target patient population. Conclusion Integrating a buprenorphine/naloxone program into ED care requires organizational supports (e.g., for managing buprenorphine/naloxone within limitations of ED volume, space, and time), and ongoing education of healthcare workers to minimize identified barriers.

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Section: Qualitative Study Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Healthcare provider perspectives on emergency department-initiated buprenorphine/naloxone: a qualitative study

Badke,

Small,

Pratt

et al. 2024

BMC Health Serv Res

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“…Similarly, there is a need for nutrition researchers to then explicitly declare the underpinning philosophical stance of their work so that internal coherence or the alignment between philosophy, methodology and research methods is clear. 8 Further, given the evolving emphasis on the social and environmental determinants of food and eating behaviours, there is a growing need for the nature of the relationship between the researcher, the participants and the setting to be explored and considered in nutrition and dietetics research. 9,10 Although there is diversity and complexity of applied qualitative nutrition and dietetics research, where the purpose of the research is to describe, understand, explain or empower, an interpretivist or critical approach to qualitative health research may be employed.…”

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“…When considering the options for ‘how’ data will be generated, it is imperative that research teams first understand the epistemological assumptions underpinning the nature of the relationship between researchers and participants in qualitative inquiry. Similarly, there is a need for nutrition researchers to then explicitly declare the underpinning philosophical stance of their work so that internal coherence or the alignment between philosophy, methodology and research methods is clear 8 . Further, given the evolving emphasis on the social and environmental determinants of food and eating behaviours, there is a growing need for the nature of the relationship between the researcher, the participants and the setting to be explored and considered in nutrition and dietetics research 9,10 …”

Section: The Relationship Between Researchers and Participantsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A framework for selecting data generation strategies in qualitative health research studies

Jack

Orr

Campbell

et al. 2023

J Human Nutrition Diet

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Background Qualitative health research has the potential to answer important applied health research questions to inform nutrition and dietetics practice, education and policy. Qualitative health research is a distinct subdiscipline of qualitative inquiry that purposefully draws upon the context of healthcare and emphasises health and wellness. Methods Qualitative health research is defined by two parameters: (1) the focus of the study and (2) the methods used. When considering the methods to be used, decisions are required about the type of data to be generated (e.g., transcripts, images and notes) and the process involved in data generation (e.g., interviews, elicitation strategies and observations) to answer the research question(s). Drawing upon examples from nutrition and dietetics literature, this paper provides a framework to support decision‐making for nutrition and dietetics researchers and clinician researchers designing conducting qualitative health research. Results The guiding questions of the framework include: What types of data will be generated? Who is involved in data generation? Where will data generation occur? When will data generation occur? How will data be recorded and managed? and How will participants' and researchers' emotional safety be promoted? Conclusion Questions about the types of data, those involved, where and when, as well as how safety can be maintained in data generation, not only support a more robust design and description of data generation methods but also keep the person at the centre of the research.

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“…Furthermore, given that qualitative research focuses on how meanings are generated rather than discovered, qualitative researchers tend to see rigor lying in a researcher's attempts to reveal and interrogate multiple perspectives rather than in privileging one. As Spencer et al. (2020, p. 115) suggest:[In qualitative research,] issues of rigour remain but take on different meanings and forms.…”

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Analyzing the law qualitatively

Mitchell

2022

QRJ

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PurposeThis article develops a methodological framework to support qualitative analyses of legal texts. Scholars across the social sciences and humanities use qualitative methods to study legal phenomena but often overlook formal legal texts as productive sites for analysis. Moreover, when qualitative researchers do analyze legal texts, they rarely discuss the methodological underpinnings that support their approach. A thorough consideration of the methodological underpinnings of qualitative approaches to legal analysis is therefore warranted.Design/methodology/approachBy bringing critical legal theory into conversation with qualitative methodology, this article outlines a set of key principles to inform qualitative approaches to reading the law.FindingsTo construct this methodological framework, this article first distinguishes between qualitative approaches to textual analysis and the doctrinal approaches undertaken in legal practice and formal legal scholarship. It then considers how this qualitative approach might be applied to one particular genre of legal text: namely, judicial opinions, otherwise known as reasons for judgment. In doing so, it argues that robust qualitative analyses of legal texts must consider the unique characteristics of those texts, such as their distinct form, voice, rhetorical structure, and performative capabilities.Originality/valueThe methodological framework outlined here should encourage qualitative researchers to approach legal texts more readily and challenge the hegemony of doctrinal approaches to legal interpretation in social science research.

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Philosophical Approaches to Qualitative Research

Cited by 7 publications

References 14 publications

Healthcare provider perspectives on emergency department-initiated buprenorphine/naloxone: a qualitative study

Healthcare provider perspectives on emergency department-initiated buprenorphine/naloxone: a qualitative study

A framework for selecting data generation strategies in qualitative health research studies

Analyzing the law qualitatively

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