Blignault Ilse, Ritchie Jan
University of New South Wales, Sydney.
Health Promot J Austr. 2009 Aug;20(2):140-5. doi: 10.1071/he09140.
Qualitative research methodologies, which are oriented to better understanding of the context, meaning and experiences of people's lives, have much to contribute to health promotion. For researchers trained in quantitative methods, writing up qualitative research for a peer-reviewed journal can be a challenge, especially keeping within the prescribed word limits. How well you explain and disseminate your research will influence how others evaluate its quality; this has implications not only for what you write and the terminology you use but for how you structure your article. This paper provides a general guide to presenting qualitative research for publication in a way that has meaning for authors and readers, is acceptable to editors and reviewers, and meets criteria for high standards of qualitative research reporting across the board. We discuss the writing of all sections of an article, placing particular emphasis on how you might best present your findings, illustrating our points with examples drawn from previous issues of this Journal. Overall, we emphasise that reporting qualitative research involves sharing both the process and the findings, that is, revealing both the wood and the trees.
定性研究方法旨在更好地理解人们生活的背景、意义和经历，对健康促进有很大贡献。对于接受过定量方法培训的研究人员来说，为同行评审期刊撰写定性研究报告可能是一项挑战，尤其是要在规定的字数限制内完成。你对研究的解释和传播效果将影响他人对其质量的评估；这不仅对你所写的内容、使用的术语有影响，对你文章的结构也有影响。本文提供了一个总体指南，介绍如何以一种对作者和读者都有意义、能被编辑和审稿人接受且符合定性研究高标准报告标准的方式来呈现定性研究以使其得以发表。我们讨论文章各部分的撰写，特别强调如何最好地呈现你的研究结果，并通过从本期刊以前各期选取的例子来说明我们的观点。总体而言，我们强调报告定性研究涉及分享过程和结果，也就是说，既要见森林也要见树木。
