Qualitative Research Methodology
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Running head: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGYQualitative research methodologyName of the student:Name of the University:Author’s note
1QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGYIntroduction: Homeless children and their families have high level of mental health problems becauseof the risk factor of experiencing domestic violence, abuse, discrimination and family and socialdisruptions in life. The aim of the proposal is to assess the prevalence of mental illness inhomeless children. To get more ideas about the factors leading to mental illness in this group,this report analyzes the 4 different research articles. The critical examination of the qualitativeresearch article will help to find out the rigor in the research method and the strength andweakness of the article. This will also help to identify the gap in study and find out future areasof research on the topic.Critical examination of qualitative research studies:Article 1: The article by Corrigan et al., (2015) conducted a community based participatoryresearch to find out the relevant risk associated with mental illness in homeless AfricanAmericans and the cause of high mortality and morbidity rates in such families and children. Thesurvey based questionnaire mainly aimed to find out the health care needs of homeless people,strategies needed to improve mental health services for this group and possible solution toaddress the problem of mental illness in target group. Hence, by reviewing the research article,the purpose of research is clearly understood as the author has given proper justificationregarding the purpose of the study along with small background information of the topic.Secondly, the purpose of literature review in qualitative study is to find out what research hasbeen done on the topic and what areas still remains unclear regarding a phenomenon (Houghton
2QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGYet al. 2013). The author has adequately discussed about different research articles which talkedabout health disparities in such group and serious mental illness in such people, however no gapswere identified in the study. This has reduced the rigor of the research work.In the study, the author has mainly used community based participatory research toinvestigate about the topic of mental illness in homeless people, however no theoreticalframework has been used as a guidance for this research. The participants of the study includedAfrican Americans who were homeless and with serious mental illness and they were recruitedby word of mouth information and flyers (Corrigan et al., 2015). Although no specific samplingstrategy was used, however the researcher considered about diversities in sample groups such aspeople having physical illness, substance abuse or criminal records. In addition, the quality andreliability of the research work is understood from the compliance with ethical procedures inconducting research, This mainly includes taking informed consent from participants, takingrelevant permission from the Ethics Committee for conducting the research and many others(Brinkmann, 2014).. However, the limitation of the article is that no such ethical considerationswere seen. The data was collected by means of interview with participants; however the datacollected strategies are ambiguous. However, strategy has been discussed for thematic analysisof interview transcript. The main finding from this study is that participants regarded medicalconditions as a concern in addressing mental issues. Barrier to health service also increased theircrisis and their problems of mental illness, homelessness and ethnic disparity were furtherexacerbated by lack of basic needs fulfillment and stigma in society (Corrigan et al., 2015). Incase of health concerns for homeless children, health and safety of their children was the majorconcern in family members. Symptoms of psychosis, cognitive decline, bipolar disorder and
3QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGYdepression were common in children. On the whole, the study indicated that living on the streetis itself a traumatic experience for homeless families and children which further increases mentalhealth problems in them. The finding is consistent with the research by (Chambers et al., 2014)which has explained about factors associated with poor mental health status in homeless womenwith dependent children. Hence, the purpose of the study has been addressed however the articlelacks vigor because the credibility of the work has not been explained. Still, certain requirementin promoting transferability of the work has been done as the researcher proposed developingprogram to mitigate the barrier faced in accessing health services in this groupArticle 2:An article by Roze et al. (2016) highlighted the different mental disorders that occuramong homeless children. The site they have selected for conducting the research is Paris. In thisarticle, the researchers have rightly studied the social, individual as well as the environmentaland family characteristics that remains associated with behavioral and also emotional difficultiesin children who grows up in homeless conditions.A very good feature of the article was that the researchers remain focused throughout thearticle and did not seem to lose focus at any point (Welch et al., 2014). It was seen that the articledid not have a separate literature review section, which might have been a negative point.However, this shortcoming was overcome by a wide array of discussion in the introductionsection, which provided a clear overview of the different issues faced by homeless families andhow their children get affected. In the section. They have given a good amount of information onthe general risk factors for psychiatric difficulties in children of homeless families which created
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