?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Application+of+Qualitative+Methods+in+Health+Research%3A+An+Overview&rft.creator=Dongre%2C+AR&rft.creator=Deshmukh%2C+PR&rft.creator=Kalaiselvan%2C+G&rft.creator=Upadhyaya%2C+S&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Qualitative+research+is+type+of+formative+research+that+includes+specialized+techniques+for+obtaining+in-depth+responses+about+what+people+think+and+how+they+feel.+It+is+seen+as+the+research+that+seeks+answer+to+the+questions+in+the+real+world.+Qualitative+researchers+gather+what+they+see%2C+hear%2C+read+from+people+and+places%2C+from+events+and+activities%2C+with+the+purpose+to+learn+about+the+community+and+to+generate+new+understanding+that+can+be+used+by+the+social+world.+Qualitative+research+have+often+been+conducted+to+answer+the+question+%E2%80%9Cwhy%E2%80%9D+rather+than+%E2%80%9Cwhat%E2%80%9D.+A+purpose+of+qualitative+research+is+the+construction+of+new+understanding.+Here%2C+we+present+an+overview+of+application+of+qualitative+methods+in+health+research.+We+have+discussed+here+the+different+types+of+qualitative+methods+and+how+we+and+others+have+used+them+in+different+settings%2Fscenarios%3B+sample+size+and+sampling+techniques%3B+analysis+of+qualitative+data%3B+validity+in+qualitative+research%3B+and+ethical+issues.&rft.publisher=Dr.+BS+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2010-04-30&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6971%2F1%2F2009-4-3.pdf&rft.identifier=++Dongre%2C+AR+and+Deshmukh%2C+PR+and+Kalaiselvan%2C+G+and+Upadhyaya%2C+S++(2010)+Application+of+Qualitative+Methods+in+Health+Research%3A+An+Overview.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6971%2F