ArticleAfrican journal of primary health care & family medicine2025
Phenomenology for primary care researchers.
Article in African journal of primary health care & family medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Listening to children's voices: Psychosocial and behavioral experiences and identity-related changes during the cancer trajectory.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2026Article
- Arab Medical Tourists in Iran: A Phenomenological Study of Lived Experience.Health science reports · 2026Article
- The lived experiences of South African parents during high-risk pregnancy and prolonged neonatal intensive care unit admission.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2026Article
- Building the next generation of family medicine and primary health care researchers in Africa.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2025Article
- Real-world evidence for primary care: A primer on observational research.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
Primary care researchers often turn to qualitative methodologies to explore people's perspectives and experiences. Phenomenology is appropriate when the focus is on lived experiences, rather than ideas, beliefs, opinions or perceptions. Phenomenology has its roots in German philosophy and the social sciences, and doctoral students as well as researchers in the health sciences may struggle to understand the paradigm and apply it practically. This article attempts to make sense of the paradigm and two of its key threads, namely descriptive and interpretive phenomenology. The key principles of both approaches and the practical methodological steps are outlined. In addition, examples are given, and the two approaches are compared. Finally, the article discusses trustworthiness and quality criteria in phenomenology.
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