Public health research that addresses chronic disease has historically underutilized and
undervalued qualitative methods. This has limited the field's ability to advance (a) a more in …

Qualitative methods are critical for implementation science as they generate opportunities to
examine complexity and include a diversity of perspectives. However, it can be a challenge …

Background: Researchers have argued for the value of ethnographic approaches to
implementation science (IS). The contested meanings of ethnography pose challenges and …

Rapid ethnographies are used in a wide range of fields to speed up research quickly and
effectively. This book is the first practical guide to rapid ethnographies, helping readers to …

While methods broadly described as 'ethnographic'have been increasingly employed to
research the organisation and delivery of healthcare, 1–4 a single or widely accepted …

Background Implementation science experts define champions as “supporting, marketing,
and driving through an implementation, overcoming indifference or resistance that the …

Ethnography is increasingly being used in the evaluation of quality improvement and
change initiatives in healthcare settings, particularly in the form of 'focused'and …

This paper reflects on the possibilities and limits of a team-based, multi-site, evaluative
ethnography. In this study, a team of qualitative researchers deployed participant …

This chapter focuses on three contemporary types of ethnographies–focused ethnography,
autoethnography and digital ethnography–providing insights into both their common …

Contemporary health policies frequently invoke notions of 'culture'and 'cultural change'as
levers for achieving performance improvement and good-quality healthcare. 1 But it has …