Purpose – This paper seeks to provide a discourse-based critique of the laddering interviewing technique, and to make academics as well as practitioners aware of some of the limitations in applying this particular consumer interviewing technique. Design/methodology/approach – The paper first describes the laddering interviewing technique, which traditionally has been conceptualised within a cog...

This paper explores the use of an audio computer-assisted self-interviewing (audio-CASI) methodology in a household survey of adolescents in two districts of Kenya. Computer software was developed as part of a research project comparing audio-CASI with traditional methods of interviewing about sensitive behaviors, including sexual initiation, risky sexual behavior, coerced sex, and drug and alc...

AIM This paper explores the challenges of interviewing people about sensitive topics. It uses existing literature and the first author's experience of interviewing women traumatised by having an emergency hysterectomy following a severe postpartum haemorrhage. It also highlights the strategies that can assist interviews. BACKGROUND Interviewing participants about sensitive topics requires ski...

This study was aimed at exploring effect of motivational interviewing as an additional alternative on the weight loss program among women with overweight and obesity. A randomized clinical trial study (pretestposttest with control group) was implemented in 50 overweight and obese women who attended to nutrition clinics. Samples were randomly selected using clinic records and then attributed to ...