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Practical Considerations in Qualitative Health Research During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced both quantitative and qualitative health researchers to adapt and strategize data collection strategies without causing any harm to the participants or researchers. This has resulted in utilizing various types of strategies such as online surveys and synchronous virt...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8473965/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34602922 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/16094069211043755 |
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author | Varma, Deepthi S. Young, Mary E. Kreider, Consuelo M. Williams, Katherine Vaddiparti, Krishna Parisi, Christina Semeah, Luz M. |
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description | The COVID-19 pandemic has forced both quantitative and qualitative health researchers to adapt and strategize data collection strategies without causing any harm to the participants or researchers. This has resulted in utilizing various types of strategies such as online surveys and synchronous virtual platforms such as Zoom and Webex. This transition from face-to-face to synchronous online platforms has helped in increasing coverage as well as reaching participants who are otherwise unreachable. While quantitative health researchers seem to have made a seamless transition to synchronous online platforms, qualitative health researchers who rely on studying participants in their “real-world-settings” are facing unique challenges with online data collection strategies. This article critically examines the benefits and challenges of implementing qualitative health research studies via synchronous online platforms and provides several practical considerations that can inform qualitative health researchers. It can also assist Institutional Review Board members in reviewing and implementing qualitative health research study protocols in a manner that preserves the integrity, richness, and iterative nature of qualitative research methodology. |
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spelling | pubmed-84739652021-09-27 Practical Considerations in Qualitative Health Research During the COVID-19 Pandemic Varma, Deepthi S. Young, Mary E. Kreider, Consuelo M. Williams, Katherine Vaddiparti, Krishna Parisi, Christina Semeah, Luz M. Int J Qual Methods Regular Article The COVID-19 pandemic has forced both quantitative and qualitative health researchers to adapt and strategize data collection strategies without causing any harm to the participants or researchers. This has resulted in utilizing various types of strategies such as online surveys and synchronous virtual platforms such as Zoom and Webex. This transition from face-to-face to synchronous online platforms has helped in increasing coverage as well as reaching participants who are otherwise unreachable. While quantitative health researchers seem to have made a seamless transition to synchronous online platforms, qualitative health researchers who rely on studying participants in their “real-world-settings” are facing unique challenges with online data collection strategies. This article critically examines the benefits and challenges of implementing qualitative health research studies via synchronous online platforms and provides several practical considerations that can inform qualitative health researchers. It can also assist Institutional Review Board members in reviewing and implementing qualitative health research study protocols in a manner that preserves the integrity, richness, and iterative nature of qualitative research methodology. SAGE Publications 2021-09-25 /pmc/articles/PMC8473965/ /pubmed/34602922 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/16094069211043755 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Regular Article Varma, Deepthi S. Young, Mary E. Kreider, Consuelo M. Williams, Katherine Vaddiparti, Krishna Parisi, Christina Semeah, Luz M. Practical Considerations in Qualitative Health Research During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title | Practical Considerations in Qualitative Health Research During the
COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_full | Practical Considerations in Qualitative Health Research During the
COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_fullStr | Practical Considerations in Qualitative Health Research During the
COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_full_unstemmed | Practical Considerations in Qualitative Health Research During the
COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_short | Practical Considerations in Qualitative Health Research During the
COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_sort | practical considerations in qualitative health research during the
covid-19 pandemic |
topic | Regular Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8473965/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34602922 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/16094069211043755 |
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