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Qualitative Data Collection Methods

This document summarizes a qualitative research article that studied barriers to male involvement in contraceptive uptake and reproductive health services in Uganda. The study used purposive sampling to collect data through 18 focus group discussions with 154 individuals and 8 key informant interviews. The primary author conducted thematic content analysis of verbatim transcripts in Atlas.ti. The students' own qualitative research experience involved phenomenological design, purposive and criterion sampling of 6 focus groups and 10 key informant interviews. Challenges included large data collection size, while opportunities existed to improve qualitative research skills through this module. Suggestions for the study included clarifying thematic analysis and justifying sample size.

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Qualitative Data Collection Methods

This document summarizes a qualitative research article that studied barriers to male involvement in contraceptive uptake and reproductive health services in Uganda. The study used purposive sampling to collect data through 18 focus group discussions with 154 individuals and 8 key informant interviews. The primary author conducted thematic content analysis of verbatim transcripts in Atlas.ti. The students' own qualitative research experience involved phenomenological design, purposive and criterion sampling of 6 focus groups and 10 key informant interviews. Challenges included large data collection size, while opportunities existed to improve qualitative research skills through this module. Suggestions for the study included clarifying thematic analysis and justifying sample size.

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Advanced qualitative method:

Data collection methods reading


reflection

By

Nathan E & Yitagesu H.

Instructor: Dr. Hussen Mekonnen


Outline
• Summary of the article
• Experiences
• Challenges
• Opportunities
• Suggestion to use other tool
• Articles read
• Acknowledgements
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Summary of the article
• What was the research question ?
– What are barriers to male involvement in
contraceptive uptake and reproductive health
services ?
• Design used: “A cross-sectional qualitative study”
• Sampling strategy : Purposive sampling ?
– current married or non-married partnerships ; men
( 15–54 yrs) and women ( 15–49 yrs)
– key informants ( District health officers, members
of village health teams, council leaders, and
representatives from local women and men’s
groups)
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Summary of the article
• Data collection ?
– Methods: Interviews and FGDs
• 18 FGDs 154 individuals ??
• 8 Key informant interviews
– Why data saturation took this numbers of
individuals ? The diversity of the research
problem ?
– Tools: Open ended, semi-structured question
guides
– What could have been done if the study team
had found new findings during debriefings ?
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Summary of the article
• Data Analysis ?
– conducted by the primary author and included
several iterative steps
– Used “thematic content analyses” Why ? And what
is it in the context ?
– Verbatim transcription of discussions and interviews
– Transcripts were coded &managed ATLAS.ti ? Oh !
How ?
– “The grouped categories were refined and used to
generate themes emerging from the data”

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Our experiences ?
• Qualitative research
• Design : phenomenology
• Sampling strategy: Purposive and criterion
• Sample at data saturation: 6 FGDs and 10 KIIs
• Data analysis- Transcriptions, coding,
categorizing , theming, (creating theoretical
frameworks) ??

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Challenges and opportunities ??
• Challenges for this articles is may be the data
burden 154 participants in 18 FGDs and 8 KIIs
• What makes surprise to this articles is that
“only primary author did the analysis” that is
why analyst had not at least one non-verbal
action though formal transcription system ?
• For our case too, all the above and other
design issues were very challenging
• This module would be our opportunity to
improve our work
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Suggestion to the indicated study
• The design mentioned as “A cross-sectional
qualitative study” but better to the best of the
design types
• Sampling strategies are two Purposive sampling
and criterion sampling ?
• “thematic content analyses in the data analysis
section is not clear
• Formal analysis of non-verbal actions should be
analyzed
• The research question of this study would have
been answered with less samples ?

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Reflecting papers
1. Kabagenyi, A, Jennings L, Reid A, Nalwadda G, Ntozi J,
Atuyambe L. Barriers to male involvement in contraceptive
uptake and reproductive health services: a qualitative study of
men and women’s perceptions in two rural districts in Uganda.
Reproductive Health 2014, 11:21.

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Acknowledgements
• AAU, SPH for arranging advanced qualitative
research methods the program

• Dr. Mirgissa K, and Dr Hussen M for making


me reflect this interesting topic

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