Recommendations for internet-based qualitative health research with hard-to-reach populations

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 561-574

  Wilkerson, J Michael ^a   Iantaffi, Alex ^b   Grey, Jeremy A ^c   Bockting, Walter O ^d   Rosser, B R Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

gays and lesbians; gender; Internet; research, qualitative; teaching learning strategies; technology, use in research

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UTILIZATION;

DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84899086913     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732314524635     Document Type: Article

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