Interviewing Sub-Saharan migrants in Switzerland about HIV/AIDS: critical reflections on the interview process.
Although research underpinnings for the interview process are often discussed in the scholarly community, reports of explicit experiences about this step are often insufficient or lacking in research publications on migrant health and in the context of HIV/AIDS. The authors highlight the challenges they encountered in conducting qualitative interviews in a multilingual, transcultural setting with Sub-Saharan migrants on HIV prevention and care. The authors discuss challenges and solutions during the conduct of interviews. They particularly highlight strategies on interview conduct, participant focus, and interviewer's behavior, which supported good quality in their research interviews. The main aim of the article is to critically reflect experiences and to suggest successful methods during interview phases with regard to the migrant setting and the sensitivity of the research topic.
Bischofberger
Iren
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Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences, Aarau 5001, Switzerland. iren.bischofberger@weg-fh.ch
Vischer
Lilo Roost
LR
D000328:Adult; D017954:Africa South of the Sahara / Q000208:ethnology; D054521:Cultural Competency; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015399:Nursing Research; D011287:Prejudice; D036301:Qualitative Research; D013557:Switzerland; D055815:Young Adult