Assignment Qualitative Analysis
Assignment 4 SAMPLE FROM INSTRUCTOR
-Introduction - 1 page (you could have an abstract but it is not a requirement)
- A short definition of qualitative analysis, define theme, code (2 paragraph)
- List of selected papers
. Description of each paper (3-pages for each paper—9 pages as a total)
-Hypothesis and Questions
- Start with name of paper, then them and codes of that paper
- For this part, you could have a table to describe theme and code (see the example)
| THEME A: MATERNAL CARE | |||||
| Sub-Theme A: ANC | Relevant Codes | Definitions/Comments
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| First order | Second order | ||||
| A. ANTENATAL CARE (ANC)
| A.1. Frequency and timing of ANC | a. Frequency of ANC visits b. ANC timing | a. Frequency and timing of b.ANC: Any comment that reflects when and how often a women seeks ANC | ||
| Sub-Theme B: PNC | |||||
| B. POST-NATAL CARE (PNC) | B.1. PNC Provider | a. type of providers b. Private provider | a. PNC Provider: Refers to the individual responsible for providing antenatal care services (skilled and unskilled providers) b. Refers to type of provider in view point of employment situation
| ||
| Sub-Theme C: MC and Nutrition | |||||
| C. MATERNAL NUTRITION DURING PREGNANCY | C.1. Frequency of meals, MH | a. Number of meals
| a. Frequency of meals: Refers to reported eating habits during pregnancy, as compared to three month period prior to pregnancy | ||
You could also compare variables using following table (this is an example for patient satisfaction), This is an optional part and you are not required to do that, at the same time depends on type of selected paper you may not find the following table useful.
| paper1, (Author, year) | paper2, (Author, year) | paper3, (Author, year) |
| Codes/Main Variables | Codes/Main Variables | Codes/Main Variables |
| Age | Age | Age |
| Gender | Race | Race |
| Location | - | Gender |
| Year | Year | Year |
| Patient satisfaction | Patient satisfaction | Patient satisfaction |
| Emergency | Surgery | Nursing Staff |
| Physician | Surgeon | - |
| etc | etc | etc |
4. Discussion and conclusion, at the end of this part add discussion and conclusion (5 paragraphs)
5. Contribution to health service research -- 3 paragraphs
6. References
