Conducting Cross-Cultural, Multi-Lingual and Multi-Country Focus Groups: Guidance for Researchers

Conducting cross-cultural, multi-lingual and multi-country focus groups represents unique logistic and analytical challenges. However, there is little guidance for the necessary considerations required for such international focus groups. Based on the author’s experience of conducting such research,...

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Autor principal:	Mariana Pinto da Costa
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	SAGE Publishing 2021
Materias:	Social sciences (General) H1-99
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:feddc84565f54a9d86fd2a62803e52032021-11-05T22:03:21ZConducting Cross-Cultural, Multi-Lingual and Multi-Country Focus Groups: Guidance for Researchers1609-406910.1177/16094069211049929https://doaj.org/article/feddc84565f54a9d86fd2a62803e52032021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1177/16094069211049929https://doaj.org/toc/1609-4069Conducting cross-cultural, multi-lingual and multi-country focus groups represents unique logistic and analytical challenges. However, there is little guidance for the necessary considerations required for such international focus groups. Based on the author’s experience of conducting such research, this publication documents the different stages of planning, fieldwork, analysis and dissemination, and how to mitigate possible challenges and overcome them. It is essential to set up an adequate research team with the linguist and cultural background required. All researchers should have the necessary training in qualitative methods and follow a standardised approach in the facilitation of focus groups across the different countries and in the analysis of the data, ideally in their original languages.Mariana Pinto da CostaSAGE PublishingarticleSocial sciences (General)H1-99ENInternational Journal of Qualitative Methods, Vol 20 (2021)
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description	Conducting cross-cultural, multi-lingual and multi-country focus groups represents unique logistic and analytical challenges. However, there is little guidance for the necessary considerations required for such international focus groups. Based on the author’s experience of conducting such research, this publication documents the different stages of planning, fieldwork, analysis and dissemination, and how to mitigate possible challenges and overcome them. It is essential to set up an adequate research team with the linguist and cultural background required. All researchers should have the necessary training in qualitative methods and follow a standardised approach in the facilitation of focus groups across the different countries and in the analysis of the data, ideally in their original languages.
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Conducting Cross-Cultural, Multi-Lingual and Multi-Country Focus Groups: Guidance for Researchers

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