Brief Encounters with Qualitative Methods in Health Research: Phenomenology and Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

Cronin, CJ and Lowes, J (2016) Brief Encounters with Qualitative Methods in Health Research: Phenomenology and Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Cumbria Partnership Journal of Research Practice and Learning,, 5 (1). pp. 8-12. ISSN 2046-0317

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Abstract

Developed from a strong philosophical tradition, phenomenological research puts human experience at the heart of the research process. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, in particular, is a methodological stance that embraces the lived and subjective views of those who experience a given phenomenon. This flexible and descriptive approach provides researchers with an opportunity to depict and situate lived experience in rich contextual detail, while also accounting for the meaning-making of participants. Given the importance of patient/client voice, and a personalised view of health, phenomenological methods such as IPA can contribute extensively to health research by providing rich contextual accounts of experience which shed light on the essences of important phenomena.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Phenomenology; Qualitative Health Research; Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Divisions:	Sport Studies, Leisure & Nutrition (closed 31 Aug 19)
Publisher:	Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Date of acceptance:	13 February 2015
Date of first compliant Open Access:	19 November 2015
Date Deposited:	19 Nov 2015 10:54
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2021 14:20
URI:	https://ljmu-9.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/1292

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