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ReviewPerspectives in public health2022

The value of qualitative methods to public health research, policy and practice.

T Stickley, A O'Caithain, C Homer

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Review in Perspectives in public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Experiences and challenges of North Korean defectors with cervical cancer: a qualitative study using thematic analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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  6. Latine Immigrant Perspectives on Trust of Clinical Research.Hispanic health care international : the official journal of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses · 2025
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  7. Stress, Health, and Injury Among Illinois Farmers.American journal of industrial medicine · 2025
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  18. Lessons learned from qualitative fieldwork in a multilingual setting.Qualitative research in medicine & healthcare · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

T StickleyInstitute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Triumph Road, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7464-8219
A O'CaithainThe University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
C HomerSheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2571-6008

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This article reviews the role and use of qualitative methods in public health research.'Signs of quality' are introduced to help guide potential authors to publish their qualitative research in public health journals. We conclude that high-quality qualitative research offers insights that quantitative research cannot. It is time for all public health journals to recognise the value of qualitative research and increase the amount that they publish.

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Public HealthPublishingHumansPolicyQualitative Researchpublic healthpublishingqualitative methods

Identifiers

PMID35362352
PMCPMC9446427

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