Qualitative Methods: A Field Guide for Applied Research in Sexual and Reproductive Health - Chinese version

This book is a practical, "hands-on" guide for use by social scientists, public health specialists and research teams interested in using qualitative methods to study sexual and reproductive health. It covers theory, research design and methodology, data collection, data analysis, writing, and research dissemination. A comprehensive and clear text, it is written largely in non-academic language. It incorporates a unique focus on reproductive and sexual health examples, and other practical examples from community medicine, nursing, HIV/AIDS and other fields. For more information, see the English version of this page.

This Chinese-language edition has been published by the Kunming Medical College in Kunming, China, with support from the Ford Foundation. It has been broken into manageable parts for downloading below.

Table of contents, preface, and acknowledgments (PDF, 2.65 MB)
Chapter 1: Invitation to Explore (PDF, 1.72 MB)
Chapter 2: The Language and Logic of Qualitative Research (PDF, 3.8 MB)
Chapter 3: Designing the Study (PDF, 5.16 MB)
Chapter 4: Collecting Qualitative Data: The Science and the Art (PDF, 6.66 MB)
Chapter 5: Logistics in the Field (PDF, 3.4 MB)
Chapter 6: Qualitative Data Analysis (PDF, 4.91 MB)
Chapter 7: Putting It into Words: Reporting Qualitative Research Results (PDF, 4.25 MB)
Chapter 8: Disseminating Qualitative Research (PDF, 3.39 MB)
Appendices (PDF, 5.21 MB)
Suggested resources, references, authors/contributors, and index (PDF, 3.79 MB)

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