The role of qualitative methods for investigating barriers to adult immunization.
In 1999, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality funded a study of barriers to immunization, which included a short-term qualitative data collection to assess the organizational and cultural features of selected primary care practices and to explore their impact on adult immunization rates. The authors describe the short-term qualitative data collection system and the contributions made by the qualitative study to the parent project. They address previously held concerns about qualitative research and provide a system that can be replicated or modified for use for projects designed to assess complex attitudes and behaviors that affect health outcomes.
D000328:Adult; D003151:Community Health Centers / Q000458:organization & administration; D003625:Data Collection; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods*; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans; D006801:Humans; D017589:Immunization Programs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019370:Observation; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000208:ethnology*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D012107:Research Design; D012424:Rural Population; D014481:United States; D014505:Urban Population