Participatory Ethnographic Evaluation and Research: Reflections on the Research Approach Used to Understand the Complexity of Maternal Health Issues in South Sudan

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1345-1358

  Elmusharaf, Khalifa ^a,b   Byrne, Elaine ^c   Manandhar, Mary ^d   Hemmings, Joanne ^e   O'Donovan, Diarmuid ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Sudan)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d Renewing Efforts Against Child Hunger (REACH)   (Myanmar)

^e Options   (United Kingdom)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

conflict affected fragile states; ethnographic; maternal health; participatory; Participatory Ethnographic Evaluation and Research; PEER; qualitative; South Sudan

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATERNAL WELFARE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH SUDAN; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ARMED CONFLICTS; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH SUDAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85020899952     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732316673975     Document Type: Article

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