Conceptualizing Quality in Participatory Health Research: A Phenomenographic Inquiry

Abstract: Participatory approaches to research are gaining popularity in health and wellness disciplines because of their potential to bridge gaps between research and practice and promote health equity. A number of guidelines have been developed to help research-practitioners gauge the quality of participatory health research (PHR). In light of the increasing popularization of this approach in the field of public health, there is a need to check in with current practitioners to see if their practices are still reflective of past guidelines. The aim of this study was to understand how research-practitioners currently conceptualize the quality of participatory health research in particular. Using phenomenographic inquiry, we interviewed 13 researchers who described their experience of PHR. We identified 15 categories of description and visually represented the relationship between the categories using an outcome space. Our findings suggest that conceptualizations of what is considered high qu.... https://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/2568

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Conceptualizing Quality in Participatory Health Research: A Phenomenographic Inquiry ; volume:17 ; number:2 ; day:19 ; month:05 ; year:2016 ; Forum qualitative Sozialforschung ; 17, Heft 2 (19.05.2016)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Springett, Jane ; Atkey, Kayla ; Kongats, Krystyna ; Zulla, Rosslynn ; Wilkins, Emma

Further information

• DOI: 10.17169/fqs-17.2.2568
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs1602274
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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