The value of qualitative methods to public health research, policy and practice

This article reviews the role and use of qualitative methods in public health research. ‘Signs of quality’ are introduced to help guide potential authors to publish their qualitative research in public health journals. We conclude that high-quality qualitative research offers insights that quantitat...

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Autores principales: Stickley, T, O’Caithain, A, Homer, C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9446427/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35362352
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17579139221083814
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spelling pubmed-94464272022-09-07 The value of qualitative methods to public health research, policy and practice Stickley, T O’Caithain, A Homer, C Perspect Public Health Peer Review This article reviews the role and use of qualitative methods in public health research. ‘Signs of quality’ are introduced to help guide potential authors to publish their qualitative research in public health journals. We conclude that high-quality qualitative research offers insights that quantitative research cannot. It is time for all public health journals to recognise the value of qualitative research and increase the amount that they publish. SAGE Publications 2022-04-01 2022-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9446427/ /pubmed/35362352 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17579139221083814 Text en © Royal Society for Public Health 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any 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).
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