Title |
Co-interviewing across gender and culture: expanding qualitative research methods in Melanesia
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Published in |
BMC Public Health, September 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-14-922 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Michelle L Redman-MacLaren, Unia K Api, Matupit Darius, Rachael Tommbe, Tracie A Mafile’o, David J MacLaren |
Abstract |
The social and cultural positions of both researchers and research participants influence qualitative methods and study findings. In Papua New Guinea (PNG), as in other contexts, gender is a key organising characteristic and needs to be central to the design and conduct of research. The colonial history between researcher and participant is also critical to understanding potential power differences. This is particularly relevant to public health research, much of which has emerged from a positivist paradigm. This paper describes our critical reflection of flexible researcher responses enacted during qualitative research in PNG. |
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Country | Count | As % |
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Australia | 2 | 25% |
Papua New Guinea | 1 | 13% |
Switzerland | 1 | 13% |
United States | 1 | 13% |
Unknown | 3 | 38% |
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Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 4 | 50% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 25% |
Scientists | 2 | 25% |
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Spain | 1 | 1% |
Unknown | 68 | 99% |
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Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Researcher | 17 | 25% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 19% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 7% |
Lecturer | 4 | 6% |
Student > Master | 4 | 6% |
Other | 11 | 16% |
Unknown | 15 | 22% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Social Sciences | 12 | 17% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 9 | 13% |
Psychology | 8 | 12% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 9% |
Arts and Humanities | 3 | 4% |
Other | 13 | 19% |
Unknown | 18 | 26% |