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Carter SM, Ritchie JE, Sainsbury P. Doing good qualitative research in public health: not as easy as it looks. N S W Public Health Bull. 2009;20(7):105-11doi: 10.1071/NB09018.
Carter, S. M., Ritchie, J. E., & Sainsbury, P. (2009). Doing good qualitative research in public health: not as easy as it looks. New South Wales public health bulletin, 20(7), 105-11. https://doi.org/10.1071/NB09018
Carter, Stacy M, et al. "Doing good qualitative research in public health: not as easy as it looks." New South Wales public health bulletin vol. 20,7 (2009): 105-11. doi: https://doi.org/10.1071/NB09018
Carter SM, Ritchie JE, Sainsbury P. Doing good qualitative research in public health: not as easy as it looks. N S W Public Health Bull. 2009 Jul-Aug;20(7):105-11. doi: 10.1071/NB09018. PMID: 19735621.
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N S W Public Health Bull. 2009 Jul-Aug;20(7):105-11. doi: 10.1071/NB09018.

Doing good qualitative research in public health: not as easy as it looks.

New South Wales public health bulletin

Stacy M Carter, Jan E Ritchie, Peter Sainsbury

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  1. Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine, University of Sydney, Australia. [email protected]

PMID: 19735621 DOI: 10.1071/NB09018

Abstract

In this paper, we discuss qualitative research for public health professionals. Quality matters in qualitative research, but the principles by which it is judged are critically different from those used to judge epidemiology. Compared to quantitative research, good quality qualitative studies serve different aims, answer distinct research questions and have their own logic for sampling, data collection and analysis. There is, however, no need for antagonism between qualitative research and epidemiology; the two are complementary. With theoretical and methodological guidance from experienced qualitative researchers, public health professionals can learn how to make the most of qualitative research for themselves.

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