Reference no: EM133936706
Assignment:
Answer the following questions for the Long et al. article(Long, E., Ponder, M., & Bernard, S. (2017, May). Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs related to hypertension and hyperlipidemia self-management among African-American men living in the southeastern United States. Patient Education and Counseling, 100(5): 1000-1006)
1. Describe the approach used by the researchers to identify and recruit participants for the focus groups. Please provide insight into any challenges you believe the researchers may have experienced during recruitment using this approach.
2. Describe the focus group question development process in detail. What was the inspiration source for the question development?
3. Describe the data analysis process in detail. Drawing from module instructional content source(s)), why do you think more than one coder was used? What test was used to assess whether the coders were using a similar analysis process? Why is it important that the coders were coding the data similarly?
4. John & Johnson (2000) explain some of the pros and cons of using data analysis software: Advantages of using qualitative data analysis software include being freed from manual and clerical tasks, saving time, being able to deal with large amounts of qualitative data, having increased flexibility, and having improved validity and auditability of qualitative research. Concerns include increasingly deterministic and rigid processes, privileging of coding, and retrieval methods; reification of data, increased pressure on researchers to focus on volume and breadth rather than on depth and meaning, time and energy spent learning to use computer packages, increased commercialism, and distraction from the real work of analysis. (p. 395)
What data analysis software was used in this research study? Do you feel that the pros of data analysis software outweigh the cons (versus using a manual approach)? Please explain.
5. please explain the difference between a narrative analysis and thematic analysis. Which method was used in the Long et al. article?
6. What were some of the study recommendations shared by researchers based on the findings from their analyses? If you were a health care provider that owned a private practice with a patient population similar to the priority population of this study, how would you implement these recommendations in a clinical care setting?