利用定性方法指导可持续的国际研究合作
Roxanne Vandermause1, Rachel Kryah2, Julie Bertram1
1College of Nursing, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America.
PLOS global public health
|March 19, 2024
概括
本研究描述了一项使用定性方法培训柬埔寨心理健康提供者的国际研究合作. 该伙伴关系促进了跨文化对心理健康需求和研究技能的相互理解.
科学领域:
- 全球健康 全球健康
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
- 定性方法论 定性方法论
背景情况:
- 国际研究合作面临挑战,包括文化和方法上的差异.
- 柬埔寨官员寻求在定性研究方面的培训,以提高当地心理健康专业知识.
- 美国研究人员的目标是通过解决共同的心理健康问题来建立可持续的伙伴关系.
研究的目的:
- 描述美国和柬埔寨心理健康专业人员之间建立国际研究合作的过程.
- 通过共同的研究努力,探索两国心理健康需求和干预措施.
- 促进向柬埔寨精神卫生提供者转移定性研究技能.
主要方法:
- 采用了定性研究方法,包括解释学现象学采访和描述性内容分析.
- 利用一个案例研究示例与脚本聚焦组指南用于数据收集在两个国家.
- 实施了参与结构,美国研究人员在数据分析方面合作时教授定性方法.
主要成果:
- 柬埔寨精神病医生在参与者观察后在定性数据收集 (焦点小组) 中表现出能力.
- 美国和柬埔寨的研究小组都获得了跨文化背景对患者心理健康需求的见解.
- 协作方法促进了跨文化理解,并为可持续的研究关系奠定了基础.
结论:
- 定性方法,当早期引入并反复使用时,可以有效地减轻国际研究中的挑战.
- 相互参与和重视互惠是建立强大的跨文化研究伙伴关系的关键.
- 这种协作模式为心理健康问题提供了宝贵的见解,超越了文化界限,提高了研究能力.
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