PH 215 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences, Global Health, Health Equity

• School: University of Rochester
• Department: Public Health
• Course: PH 215
• Professor: Nancy Chin

Document Summary

Purpose of the book: to make the methods of qualitative science more accessible to researchers and practitioners. Qualitative design can identify the social, programmatic, and structural impediments to use of existing services. Anthropologists and qualitative sociologists focus on cultural norms and relationships that influence how people interact and act on everyday experiences. They use the techniques of observation, participation, guided discussion, in-depth interviews, life histories, and secondary analysis of documentary data. Emerging methods include network analysis and geo-health mapping. Quantitative researchers sometimes use qualitative methods to guide a sampling design or to develop a sensitive data collection tool. Anthropologists and qualitative sociologists use quantitative methods when they want to describe a population or measure some tendency they may have observed qualitatively. **most quantitative studies lack contextual detail and reflect a limited range of responses, whereas qualitative methods produce rich, contextual data.