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Member checking with older women: a framework for negotiating meaning
1School of Humanities & Human Services, Queensland University of Technology, Carseldine Campus, Brisbane, Australia. sj.doyle@student.qut.edu.au
Health Care for Women International
|November 8, 2007
Summary
Older adults
Area of Science:
- Gerontology and Aged Care Research
- Qualitative Research Methodologies
- Participant Engagement in Research
Background:
- Effective aged care research requires older adults' participation to understand their lived experiences.
- Member checking is a recognized method for ensuring participant involvement, but practical guidance is limited.
- Existing research often lacks detailed methodologies for implementing member checking in aged care studies.
Purpose of the Study:
- To describe a pilot study involving older women discussing their home support services.
- To develop and present a methodology for conducting member checks in aged care research.
- To align member checking practices with participatory research principles and meaning negotiation.
Main Methods:
- Utilized Heidegger's interpretive hermeneutic phenomenology.
- Conducted in-depth interviews with two older women about their support services.
- Employed member checking interviews to validate participant experiences and interpretations.
Main Results:
- A practical methodology for conducting member checks was developed.
- The methodology supports active negotiation of meaning between researchers and participants.
- The pilot study demonstrated the feasibility of member checking in aged care research.
Conclusions:
- Member checking, when guided by interpretive phenomenology, enhances participatory research.
- The developed methodology provides a framework for involving older adults in aged care research.
- This approach ensures research findings authentically reflect older adults' experiences and perspectives.
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