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Editor Leena Omar Alim
Ulin, Priscilla R., Robinson, Elizabeth T., Tolley, Elizabeth E., and McNeill, Erin T. (2002) Qualitative Methods: A Field Guide for Applied Research in Sexual and Reproductive Health. USA: Family Health International
Human affairs in the 21st Century require new research capacities of social scientists, when the Central objectives of an inquiry are to explore and explain behaviour rather than to describe it, researchers are well advised to address their research questions through the use of qualitative methods.
This volume appears at a time when the field of Applied Research in Sexual and Reproductive Health is asking new and difficult questions on factors underlying risk behaviour and require qualitative research. The guide makes researchers aware of the complexities, advantages and limitations of qualitative methods.
The eight chapters cover a wide range of topics and guide readers through every phase of research: The introductory chapter philosophically argues the need to innovate and...