HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH METHODS IN PHARMACY: Qualitative interviews

Qualitative research interviews.

After presenting a brief overview of the complexity of the qualitative interviewing process used by psychotherapy researchers, the authors discuss some of the major ideas that psychotherapy researchers using such interviews must consider both before and during the interview process. They then offer thoughts regarding approaches to strengthen qualitative interviews themselves.

Qualitative research methods in mental health.

As the evidence base for the study of mental health problems develops, there is a need for increasingly rigorous and systematic research methodologies. Complex questions require complex methodological approaches. Recognising this, the MRC guidelines for developing and testing complex interventions place qualitative methods as integral to each stage of intervention development and implementation...

Qualitative and quantitative methods in health research

Introduction: Research in the area of health has been traditionally dominated by quantitative research. However, the complexity of illhealth, which is socially constructed by individuals, health personnel and health authorities have motivated the search for other forms to approach knowledge. Aim: To discuss the complementarities of qualitative and quantitative research methods in the generation...

Qualitative methods in environmental health research.

Public health researchers increasingly turn to qualitative methods either on their own or in combination with quantitative methods. Qualitative methods are especially important to community environmental health research, as they provide a way to produce community narratives that give voice to individuals and characterize the community in a full and complex fashion. This article first traces the...

Qualitative research in health care. Using qualitative methods in health related action research.