Triangulation research among culturally diverse populations.
There exists an ongoing challenge in the health sciences to develop research methods that effectively describe patterns of health beliefs and actions in different cultures. While the dominant framework for research has traditionally been the quantitative paradigm, qualitative methods place more emphasis on holistic descriptions of the human phenomena and thus may be more appropriate for transcultural research. Triangulation offers an alternative for investigators studying transcultural health by integrating the inherent strengths of both quantitative and qualitative data while minimizing their limitations. This article discusses six approaches for employing triangulation research in transcultural health.
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Harris College of Nursing, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, USA. gbechtel@earthlink.net
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Bunting
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D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D012107:Research Design