Qualitative Research : Key take home messages Qualitative Research-why? How Research paradigms Research purpose Qualitative research approaches Common designs-phenomenology, ethnography, case studies and grounded theory Data collection tools-IDIs, KIIs, FGDs and observations Triangulation! Sampling approaches Types –convenient, purposeful, extreme deviant and snowballing Data Saturation! Qualitative data analysis Types –thematic analysis, framework analysis and grounded theory approaches All follow same process i.e. Step 1: Get to know your data Step 2: Focus the analysis Step 3: Categorize information Step 4: Identify patterns & connections within and between categories Step 5: Interpretation –bring it all together!

Useful resources globalhealthsocialscience.org Qualitative research methodology manual by Karina Kielman, Fabian Cataldo and Janet Seeley 2011 Hancock_B_2002_Introduction to qualitative research https://www.measureevaluation.org/resources/training/capacity-building-resources/qualitative-methods-in-evaluation-of-public-health-programs-a-curriculum-on-intermediate-concepts-and-practices