Systematically reviewing qualitative studies complements survey design: An exploratory study of barriers to paediatric immunisations

Exposing concerns about vaccination in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review

“…There are reasonable doubts that all potentially relevant issues influencing vaccine hesitancy have been identified or thoroughly investigated (Mills et al 2005b;Larson et al 2014). Indeed, a recent review of studies conducted in high income countries showed that although reasons why parents refuse to vaccinate their children have been widely studied, little is known about the factors that motivate parents to vaccinate (Williams 2014).…”

“…Data were categorised according to a predefined set of themes and subthemes using those identified by Mills et al in their review of parental beliefs and attitudes towards childhood vaccination (Mills et al 2005b) (see Table 1 in the Online Resource).…”

A hierarchy of evidence for assessing qualitative health research

“…Articles reporting qualitative systematic reviews are now making their appearance [1,2]. The challenge that these ''courageous'' researchers face, Jennie Popay tells us, is that the most difficult problem remains unresolved, that of defining clear criteria for selecting high-quality qualitative studies for inclusion in reviews [3].…”

The role of qualitative research in medical genetics: Listening to the voices of our patients

“…Qualitative research can be used to help researchers generate theories and conceptual frameworks, articulate testable hypotheses, put concepts into operation, and interpret results. Because quantitative research can only address issues that have been identified already, qualitative research is an important adjunct to the development and improvement of quantitative measurement instruments by capturing the broadest view possible of the phenomenon of interest [Beeson 1997;Mills et al, 2005].…”