@article{942a11aa025047cb8a0f4a46dd19d364,
title = "Qualitative methods in implementation research: An introduction",
abstract = "Qualitative methods are a valuable tool in implementation research because they help to answer complex questions such as how and why efforts to implement best practices may succeed or fail, and how patients and providers experience and make decisions in care. This article orients the novice implementation scientist to fundamentals of qualitative methods and their application in implementation research, describing: 1) implementation-related questions that can be addressed by qualitative methods; 2) qualitative methods commonly used in implementation research; 3) basic sampling and data collection procedures; and 4) recommended practices for data analysis and ensuring rigor. To illustrate qualitative methods decision-making, a case example is provided of a study examining implementation of a primary care-based collaborative care management model for women Veterans with anxiety, depression, and PTSD.",
keywords = "Ethnography, Evaluation, Evidence-based practices, Focus groups, Knowledge translation, Semi-structured interviews, Translational research",
author = "Hamilton, {Alison B.} and Finley, {Erin P.}",
note = "Funding Information: Funding: This work was supported by the VA Quality Enhancement Research Initiative [ QUE 15-272 ], VA Health Services Research & Development [HSR&D; SDR 10-012 ], and National Institutes of Health National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute [ U01HL142109 ]. Funding Information: Funding: This work was supported by the VA Quality Enhancement Research Initiative [QUE 15-272], VA Health Services Research & Development [HSR&D; SDR 10-012], and National Institutes of Health National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute [U01HL142109]. The authors gratefully acknowledge historical contributions to this work by Drs. Barbara Bokhour, Geoffrey Curran, Suzanne Heurtin-Roberts, Ray Maietta, Shannon Mitchell, Sarah Ono, Heather Reisinger, Samantha Solimeo, Cathleen Willging, Susan Zickmund, and all members of and advisors to the NCI QualRIS working group. We would like to thank Annie Sumberg, MPH, for technical support. Portions of this paper have been presented at Addiction Health Services Research, AcademyHealth, and Society for General Internal Medicine annual meetings; at the annual ResearchTalk Qualitative Research Summer Intensive; and on numerous VA HSR&D national cyberseminars. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019",
year = "2019",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1016/j.psychres.2019.112516",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "280",
journal = "Psychiatry Research",
issn = "0165-1781",
publisher = "Elsevier Ireland Ltd",
}