Methodological and Practical Issues in Cross-National Qualitative Research: Lessons From the Literature and a Comparative Study of the Experiences of People Receiving a Diagnosis of Cancer
Methodological and Practical Issues in Cross-National Qualitative Research: Lessons From the Literature and a Comparative Study of the Experiences of People Receiving a Diagnosis of Cancer
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DOI：
10.1177/1049732317736284
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发表时间：
2018-04-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Ziebland, Sue
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作者：
Chapple, Alison;Ziebland, Sue
社会科学和卫生服务研究可以从跨国定性研究中获益匪浅，但建立此类研究所涉及的后勤工作，特别是涉及不同语言和卫生系统的研究，似乎令人生畏。在这篇文章中，我们强调的问题，考虑并提出一些解决方案，借鉴文献和例子，从我们自己的跨国研究。我们强调了同步人员配置和资金，确保可比的方法，项目管理和研究小组之间的沟通，招聘伦理审批的不同标准的后果，多语言工作的挑战，涉及不同学科和技能组合的团队，以及协调和定时数据收集和分析所涉及的问题。本文的目的是借鉴文献，其中包括一些有用的见解，以及从我们自己的跨国研究的反思，强调跨国定性研究团队的考虑。我们的方法是强调和讨论潜在的挑战，并提出潜在的解决方案，使用插图文献综述的格式。
Social science and health services research have much to gain from cross-national qualitative research, yet the logistics involved in setting up such studies, especially where different languages and health systems are involved, can seem daunting. In this article, we highlight issues to consider and suggest some solutions, drawing both on the literature and examples from our own cross-national research. We highlight the issues involved with synchronizing staffing and funding, ensuring comparable methods, project management, and communication between research groups, the consequences of the different criteria for ethical approval for recruitment, the challenge of working with multiple languages, teams involving different disciplines and skill sets, and coordinating and timing data collection and analysis. The aim of this article is to draw on the literature, which includes several useful insights, as well as reflections from our own cross-national research, to highlight considerations for cross-national qualitative research teams. Our approach is to highlight and discuss potential challenges and suggest potential solutions, using the format of an illustrated literature review.