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Qualitative Research
Qualitative research methodologies can
yield rich and deep understandings of human life. Medical,
nursing, and public health researchers are increasingly turning
to techniques derived from the social sciences, such as anthropology
and sociology, to investigate health and illness experiences,
as well as how social, psychological and economic forces at
work in patients lives. Adolescents, with their changing developmental
stages, social behaviors and susceptibility to social pressures,
are often challenging to study with traditional health research
techniques. In many cases, qualitative research methodologies
are particularly effective for eliciting information about
otherwise poorly accessible yet important and health- related
aspects of adolescents' lifestyles, risk behaviors, belief
systems, and responses to life experiences.
This multidisciplinary
group of researchers and clinicians meet at each annual SAM
meeting and corresponds during the year to share research
experiences, techniques, tools, and funding and publishing
ideas in this new and expanding area of heath research. There
are increasing numbers of qualitative research projects presented
at SAM and other health research meetings each year. Due to
the interest in the Qualitative Research Special Interest
Group at the 1997 SAM meeting, there will be a workshop in
qualitative research techniques at the 1998 annual meeting
in Atlanta. For those currently pursuing qualitative research,
the Special Interest Group will remain a forum for the sharing
of ideas and the initiation of possible collaborations. For
those wishing to expand their research capabilities or contemplating
using qualitative methods, the new workshop will provide an
overview and introduction to this rewarding approach to investigating
the human condition.
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