FROM ETHNOGRAPHY TO SURVEY - SOME METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN RESEARCH ON HEALTH SEEKING IN EAST HARLEM

Authors
FREIDENBERG J MULVIHILL M CARABALLO LR
Citation
J. Freidenberg et al., FROM ETHNOGRAPHY TO SURVEY - SOME METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN RESEARCH ON HEALTH SEEKING IN EAST HARLEM, Human organization, 52(2), 1993, pp. 151-161
Citations number
37
Categorie Soggetti
Social, Sciences, Interdisciplinary",Anthropology
Journal title
Human organization → ACNP
ISSN journal
00187259
Volume
52
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
151 - 161
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-7259(1993)52:2<151:FETS-S>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
This paper explores how and to what extent qualitative ethnographic me thods of data collection in the social sciences may be integrated with survey methods to produce a research instrument. It presents an appro ach to assessing the cultural sensitivity of a survey instrument that was developed and tested in an ethnographic study of health seeking am ong elderly Hispanics in East Harlem, New York City, and considers som e of the practical and theoretical implications of the process.