Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Triumph Road, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK.
The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Perspect Public Health. 2022 Jul;142(4):237-240. doi: 10.1177/17579139221083814. Epub 2022 Apr 1.
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.
本文回顾了定性方法在公共卫生研究中的作用和应用。引入了“质量标志”来帮助指导潜在作者在公共卫生期刊上发表他们的定性研究。我们得出结论,高质量的定性研究提供了定量研究无法提供的见解。现在是所有公共卫生期刊都认识到定性研究的价值并增加其发表数量的时候了。