Member Checking With Older Women: A Framework for Negotiating Meaning

Encouraging participation by older people in the process of conducting research in the aged care field is paramount for developing an understanding of their experience. While some authors have recognized member checking as a way of ensuring participation in the research process, little information i...

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Published inHealth care for women international Vol. 28; no. 10; pp. 888 - 908
Main Author Doyle, Susanna
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Taylor & Francis Group 01.11.2007
Subjects
Aged
Consensus
Data Collection
Feedback, Psychological
Female
Health Services for the Aged - organization & administration
Home Care Services - organization & administration
Humans
Knowledge
Negotiating - methods
Negotiating - psychology
Nursing Methodology Research - organization & administration
Patient Participation - methods
Patient Participation - psychology
Philosophy, Nursing
Pilot Projects
Power (Psychology)
Qualitative Research
Queensland
Research Design
Researcher-Subject Relations - psychology
Role
Social Support
Surveys and Questionnaires
Women - psychology
Queensland
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Summary:Encouraging participation by older people in the process of conducting research in the aged care field is paramount for developing an understanding of their experience. While some authors have recognized member checking as a way of ensuring participation in the research process, little information is available on how to conduct it. In this article a pilot study is described in which two older women discuss their experiences around receiving support services in their own home. In-depth and member checking interviews were undertaken, which were informed by Heidegger's interpretive hermeneutic phenomenology. In this study a methodology for conducting member checks is developed that is consistent with participatory approaches and the active negotiation of meaning inherent in this paradigm.
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ISSN:0739-9332
1096-4665
DOI:10.1080/07399330701615325