Qualitative Methods in Environmental Health Research

By Brown, Phil

Book Id: WPLBN0000229399
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Qualitative Methods in Environmental Health Research
Author:	Brown, Phil
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, United Nations., United Nations. Office for Disarmament Affairs
Collections:	Government Library Collection, Disarmament Documents
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Publisher:	United Nations- Office for Disarmament Affairs (Unoda)


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Excerpt: Public health researchers increasingly turn to qualitative methods either on their own or in combination with quantitative methods. Qualitative methods are especially important to community environmental health research, as they provide a way to produce community narratives that give voice to individuals and characterize the community in a full and complex fashion. This article first traces the legacy of qualitative research in environmental health, then uses a case study of the authors experiences studying the Woburn, Massachusetts, childhood leukemia cluster to provide personal and scholarly insights on qualitative approaches. That material then informs a discussion of important components of qualitative methods in environmental health research, including flexible study design, access, trust, empathy, and personal shifts in the researchers worldview, bias, and the nature of the researchers roles. A concluding discussion addresses issues in funding policy and research practices. Key words: community-based participatory research, environmental health, ethnography, multisite research, popular epidemiology, qualitative methods.