In this course, students will gain an understanding of the use of qualitative research methods in applied health research. Students’ skill will be developed in the qualitative data analysis of qualitative data, grant proposal writing using qualitative data, and the critique of qualitative research. Topics explored include issues in qualitative approaches such as subjects/participants, ethical issues, representativeness, data trustworthiness, bias/perspective, researcher as an instrument, the designing of an analysis template, concurrent/ono-concurrent, nudist, and ethnography. Other topics explored include theoretical approaches to analysis, such as conflict, feminist, deconstructionalist, thematic analysis, participatory action research, grounded theory, and case studies.
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