Rapid Assessment Procedures (RAP) - Ethnographic Methods to Investigate Women's Health

METHODS FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH IN DISEASE

Joel Gittelsohn, PhD¹
Pertti J. Pelto, PhD²
Margaret E. Bentley, PhD¹
Karabi Bhattacharyya, ScD¹
Joan L. Jensen, MPH¹

¹ Department of International Health
School of Hygiene and Public Health
The Johns Hopkins University
615 North Wolfe Street
Baltimore, Maryland, USA 21205
Fax: (410) 955-0196
E-mail: jgittels@jhsph.edu

² Department of Anthropology
U-176, University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut, USA 06268

Published by

International Nutrition Foundation
P.O. Box 500, Charles Street Station
Boston, MA 02114-0500 USA

ISBN 1-892468-01-8

The digitalization of this publication was made possible by a grant from the Nestlé Foundation

Contents

Acknowledgments

Overview of the protocol

I. Introduction
II. Objectives of the study of women's health
III. Guidelines for using the protocol
IV. Introduction to the research methods used in the protocol
V. Format of individual units
VI. Setting up
VII. Site selection and representativeness
VIII. Sampling
IX. Limitations of the data
X. Materials required

Protocol procedure

Part I: Training exercises

Exploring the context of women's health
The domain of women's illnesses
Exploring women's health-seeking behaviors

Part II: Data collection

Exploring the context of women's health
The domain of women's illnesses
Exploring women's health-seeking behaviors

Part III: Applying data to programs

Appendices

A-1. Detailed guide for the trainer
A-2. Sample training agenda (for 12 days)
B-1. Entry and Analysis of Pile Sort Data on Anthropac 3.2
B-2. Triads: Grouping women's illnesses
C-1. Setting up a qualitative database on the microcomputer
C-2. Coding qualitative data on the microcomputer
C-3. Qualitative Data Retrieval Using DtSearch
C-4. Ordering the software

Blank data collection and data analysis forms