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Intercultural issues in conducting healthcare qualitative research
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-25, 21:27 authored by Le, QTraditionally health care research is often valued on the evidence-based basis, which is dominated by statistically motivated quantitative research. However, the increasingly popular use of qualitative methods in general and health research, in particular, has provided a different kind of research evidence, which reflects real-life issues in social contexts. Though health care qualitative research has provided health care workers, policymakers and the public valuable insights into various aspects of population health, there are issues and problems regarding conducting qualitative research in an intercultural discourse. Sociolinguistic and cultural factors are the main causes of problems facing researchers and policymakers. Concepts such as confidentiality and security are culturally constructed. This paper examines some intercultural awareness issues that need to be considered in the conduct of health care qualitative research and some potential problems in the treatment of health qualitative data. Attention will be given to the Vietnamese health discourse.
History
Publication title
AQRVolume
8Article number
2Number
2Pagination
104-112ISSN
1443-9883Publication status
- Published
Place of publication
MelbourneEvent title
2007 AQR Conference: Qualitative research and the professionsDate of Event (Start Date)
2007-11-13Date of Event (End Date)
2007-11-14Repository Status
- Open