Please join us for a Qualitative Methods COP - QWG* Quarterly Seminar.
EVENT DATE: Wednesday, December 13th 9a-10 PST/11-12p CST
Title: Remote team-based inductive analysis using digital tools to foster equity and collaboration in qualitative global health research: The R-EIGHT method
Speaker: Jason Johnson-Peretz, UCSF
Register to join via Zoom:
https://ucsf.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUodO-vpz8qG9OSNG4scrKRbLE19M-L7Y06
Questions? Email the co-directors: Dr. Julia McQuoid at Julia-McQuoid@ouhsc.edu; Dr. Neil Jordan at Neil-Jordan@ouhsc.edu; Dr. Kerstin Reinschmidt at Kerstin-Reinschmidt@ouhsc.edu
Speaker bio: Jason Johnson-Peretz is an Oxford-trained medical anthropologist and qualitative research analyst at UCSF with a focus on serving the LGBT and HIV-affected communities. His research interests have developed via increasingly inclusive views of health: from the holism of Chinese medicine through the social determinants of health to global health governance and the role ethics, equity, and politics play in shaping individual and social well-being. Jason also holds a master’s degree in Catholic theology.
Abstract: Qualitative methods encompass a variety of research and analysis techniques which have the common aim of uncovering what cannot be captured numerically through the quantification of data. For interpretivist qualitative approaches like grounded theory, phenomenological, and general thematic analysis, inductive coding has become a mainstay in qualitative and mixed-methods clinical research but has not always lent itself to collaborative, remote team-based interpretation of data. Finding ways to speed the process without sacrificing rigour and while making the process accessible to geographically dispersed teams remains a priority. This is especially crucial in global health partnerships where on-the-ground researchers may have less input into codebook development compared to in-the-office researchers. In this paper, we describe an integrated approach involving a digital format with streamlined coding and post-coding discussions, which we call R-EIGHT (Remote and Equitable Inductive Analysis for Global Health Teams). Our technique a) speeds the process of inductive coding as a team, b) visually displays interpretive consensus, and c) when appropriate fosters streamlined integration of inductive findings into codebooks. Because it involves all team members, our approach helps break the divide between in-office and on-the-ground teams, fostering integrated and representative contributions from all globally-dispersed team members
