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[A]n excellent book for researchers who want to conduct nursing research using ethnography... Weighted Numerical Score: 99 - 5 Stars!" -- Doody's Book Reviews
Ethnography is a qualitative research design that focuses on the study of people to explore cultural phenomena. This concise, "how to" guide to conducting qualitative ethnography research spearheads a new series, Qualitative Designs and Methods, for novice researchers and specialists alike focusing on state-of-the-art methodologies from a nursing perspective. Scholars of qualitative ethnography research review the philosophical basis for choosing ethnography as a research tool and describe in depth its key features and development level. They provide directives on how to solve practical problems related to ethnography research, nursing examples, and discussion of the current state of the art. This includes a comprehensive plan for conducting studies and a discussion of appropriate measures, ethical considerations, and potential problems.
Examples of published ethnography nursing research worldwide, along with author commentary, support the new researcher in making decisions and facing challenges. Each chapter includes objectives, competencies, review questions, critical thinking exercises, and web links for more in-depth research. A practical point of view pervades the book, which is geared to help novice researchers and specialists expand their competencies, engage graduate teachers and students and in-service educators and students, and aid nursing research in larger health institutions.
Key Features:
Includes examples of state-of-the-art ethnography nursing research with content analysis
Presents a comprehensive plan for conducting studies and appropriate measures, ethical considerations, and potential challenges
Describes theoretical underpinnings, key features, and development level
Written by ethnography scholars from around the world
Contents
Foreword by Janice Morse
Preface
Prologue: Commonalities of Qualitative Research by Mary de Chesnay
Chapter 1: Overview of Ethnography
Mary de Chesnay
Chapter 2: State of Art in Nursing Research Using Ethnography
Diane Keen and Mary de Chesnay
Chapter 3: Ethnographic Methods
Mary de Chesnay
Chapter 4: Caminando mas cerca con Dios: Ethnographic Study of Nicaraguan Men's Health Needs
Carl Ross
Chapter 5: How to Conduct an Ethnography
Ditsapelo MacFarland
Chapter 6: Implementing a Needle Exchange Program: An Ethnographic Analysis
Jeri Milstead
Chapter 7: Traditional Ethnography
Pamela Brink
Chapter 8: Using Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) in Ghana
Nana Boadu and Gina Higgenbottom
Chapter 9: Homeless Adolescent Mothers
Mikki Meadows-Oliver
Chapter 10: The Application of Leininger's Ethnography/ethnonursing Research Methodology in studying the Zapotec Indians of Oaxaca, Mexico
Carol Holtz
Chapter 11: The Research, the Women, and Me: Ethnography in a Storefront Black Church
Mary Abrums
Chapter 12: Qualitative Inquiry: Once a Doubting Thomas, Now a Prophet
Joanne Singleton
Chapter 13: A Focused Ethnographic Study of Women in Recovery from Alcohol Abuse
Leslie Robbins
Chapter 14: Personal Privacy and Interactional Patterns in a Nursing Home
Mary Applegate and Janice Morse
Chapter 15: Cultural Variation in Behavioral Response to Parturition: Childbirth in Figi
With Commentary
Janice Morse
Appendix A: List of Journals That Publish Qualitative Research
Appendix B: Essential Elements for a Qualitative Proposal
Tommie Nelms
Appendix C: Writing Qualitative Research Proposals
Joan. L. Bottorff
Appendix D: Outline for a Research Proposal
Mary de Chesnay
