Advancing discussion of ethics in mixed methods health services research.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To describe the ethical issues and experiences of scientists conducting mixed methods health services research and to advance empirical and conceptual discussion on ethical integrity in mixed methods health research.

Methods

The study was conducted with 64 scholars, faculty and consultants from the NIH-funded Mixed Methods Research Training Program (MMRTP) for the Health Sciences. This was a cross-sectional study. Survey results were analyzed using descriptive statistics to characterize responses and open coding to summarize strategies about eight ethical mixed methods research issues. Respondents completed an online survey to elicit experiences related to eight ethical issues (informed consent, confidentiality, data management, burden, safety, equitable recruitme

SUBMITTER: Stadnick NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8204431 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature