MPC Member Publications

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Title: Conducting go-along interviews to understand context and promote health

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2012

ISSN: 1049-7323; 1049-7323

DOI: 10.1177/1049732312452936 [doi]

PMID: 22836023

Abstract: Go-along interviewing is an innovative approach to obtaining contextualized perspectives by conducting mobile interviews in which the participant acts as a navigational guide of the real or virtual space within which he or she lives. In this study, we used go-along interviews to obtain college students' contextualized perceptions of sexual health resources. Seventy-eight undergraduate students showed and described the resources on and near five campuses in a Midwestern state. In this article, we focus on the methodology of go-along interviews. The go-along, a relatively new methodology in health research, is a format in which participants take an active role in shaping the interview, and it facilitates identification of resources that might be overlooked using traditional interview formats. The go-along methodology is promising for researchers wanting to ground health-promotion efforts in the context of environmental or community-based strengths and needs.

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Authors: Garcia, Carolyn M; Eisenberg, Marla E; Frerich, Ellen A; Lechner, Kate E; Lust, Katherine

Periodical (Full): Qualitative health research

Issue: 10

Volume: 22

Pages: 1395-2797

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