title: Practical Qualitative Research Strategies: Training Interviewers and Coders.
abstract: The increased emphasis on incorporating qualitative methodologies into nutrition education development and evaluation underscores the importance of using rigorous protocols to enhance the trustworthiness of the findings. A 5-phase protocol for training qualitative research assistants (data collectors and coders) was developed as an approach to increase the consistency of the data produced. This training provides exposure to the core principles of qualitative research and then asks the research assistant to apply those principles through practice in a setting structured on critical reflection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food, Bioprocessing, and Nutrition Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. Electronic address: suzie_goodell@ncsu.edu.
authors.forename: L Suzanne
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Goodell
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition Science, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.
authors.forename: Virginia C
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Stage
authors.affiliation: Department of Food, Bioprocessing, and Nutrition Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
authors.forename: Natalie K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Cooke
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000193:education* / Q000379:methods*; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods*; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D052756:Nutritional Sciences / Q000193:education*; D036301:Qualitative Research
keywords: data analysis; data collection; interviewers; qualitative research; training