1. Qualitative Research : Key take home messages
Qualitative Research-why? How
Research paradigms
Research purpose
Qualitative research approaches
Common designs-phenomenology, ethnography, case studies and grounded theory
Data collection tools-IDIs, KIIs, FGDs and observations
Triangulation!
Sampling approaches
Types –convenient, purposeful, extreme deviant and snowballing
Data Saturation!
Qualitative data analysis
Types –thematic analysis, framework analysis and grounded theory approaches
All follow same process i.e.
Step 1: Get to know your data
Step 2: Focus the analysis
Step 3: Categorize information
Step 4: Identify patterns & connections within and between categories
Step 5: Interpretation –bring it all together!

2. Useful resources globalhealthsocialscience.org
Qualitative research methodology manual by Karina Kielman, Fabian Cataldo and Janet Seeley 2011
Hancock_B_2002_Introduction to qualitative research