title: Portraying Reflexivity in Health Services Research.
abstract: A model is proposed for supporting reflexivity in qualitative health research, informed by arguments from Bourdieu and Finlay. Bourdieu refers to mastering the subjective relation to the object at three levels-the overall social space, the field of specialists, and the scholastic universe. The model overlays Bourdieu's levels of objectivation with Finlay's three stages of research (pre-research, data collection, and data analysis). The intersections of these two ways of considering reflexivity, displayed as cells of a matrix, pose questions and offer prompts to productively challenge health researchers' reflexivity. Portraiture is used to show how these challenges and prompts can facilitate such reflexivity, as illustrated in a research project.
authors.affiliation: Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia jrae@csu.edu.au.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rae
authors.affiliation: Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Bill
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Green
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012108:Research Personnel; D012931:Social Environment
keywords: arts-based research; epistemology; portraiture; qualitative methods; reflexivity; research design