PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Rogo, Ellen J.
TI  - Exploring Qualitative Research
DP  - 2024 Aug 01
TA  - American Dental Hygienists' Association
PG  - 56--61
VI  - 98
IP  - 4
4099  - http://jdh.adha.org/content/98/4/56.short
4100  - http://jdh.adha.org/content/98/4/56.full
SO  - J Dent Hyg2024 Aug 01; 98
AB  - Qualitative research is a relatively new approach for conducting studies in health disciplines. The value of this research approach is to explore peoples’ experiences and gain a deeper understanding of the meaning of their experiences. Qualitative inquiries answer research questions about what, why and how by implementing various research designs such as qualitative descriptive, qualitative case study, ethnological, phenomenology, or grounded theory designs. Purposive and snowball sampling methods are commonly used to recruit participants followed by personal interviews or focus group discussions to collect data. Data analysis requires several coding procedures performed by the researcher or an alternative is using a coding software program. Preparing a manuscript for dissemination of the results can be challenging, although achievable.