Be my guest! Challenges and practical solutions of undertaking interviews with children in the home setting

Authors: Coad, J., Gibson, F., Horstman, M., Milnes, L., Randall, D. and Carter, B.

Journal: Journal of Child Health Care

Volume: 19

Issue: 4

Pages: 432-443

eISSN: 1741-2889

ISSN: 1367-4935

DOI: 10.1177/1367493514527653

Abstract:

This article aims to share critical debate on undertaking interviews with children in the home setting and draws on the authors’ extensive research fieldwork. The article focuses on three key processes: planning entry to the child’s home, conducting the interviews and exiting the field. In planning entry, we include children’s engagement and issues of researcher gender. In conducting the interviews, we consider issues such as the balance of power, the importance of building a rapport, the voluntary nature of consent and the need for a flexible interview structure. Finally, we address exiting from the child’s home with sensitivity at the end of the interview and/or research study. Undertaking research in the child’s home provides a known and familiar territory for the child, but it means that the researcher faces a number of challenges that require solutions whilst they are a guest in a child’s home.

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Be my guest! Challenges and practical solutions of undertaking interviews with children in the home setting.

Authors: Coad, J., Gibson, F., Horstman, M., Milnes, L., Randall, D. and Carter, B.

Journal: J Child Health Care

Volume: 19

Issue: 4

Pages: 432-443

eISSN: 1741-2889

DOI: 10.1177/1367493514527653

Abstract:

This article aims to share critical debate on undertaking interviews with children in the home setting and draws on the authors' extensive research fieldwork. The article focuses on three key processes: planning entry to the child's home, conducting the interviews and exiting the field. In planning entry, we include children's engagement and issues of researcher gender. In conducting the interviews, we consider issues such as the balance of power, the importance of building a rapport, the voluntary nature of consent and the need for a flexible interview structure. Finally, we address exiting from the child's home with sensitivity at the end of the interview and/or research study. Undertaking research in the child's home provides a known and familiar territory for the child, but it means that the researcher faces a number of challenges that require solutions whilst they are a guest in a child's home.

Source: PubMed

Be my guest! Challenges and practical solutions of undertaking interviews with children in the home setting

Authors: Coad, J., Gibson, F., Horstman, M., Milnes, L., Randall, D. and Carter, B.

Journal: JOURNAL OF CHILD HEALTH CARE

Volume: 19

Issue: 4

Pages: 432-443

eISSN: 1741-2889

ISSN: 1367-4935

DOI: 10.1177/1367493514527653

Source: Web of Science (Lite)

Be my guest! Challenges and practical solutions of undertaking interviews with children in the home setting.

Authors: Coad, J., Gibson, F., Horstman, M., Milnes, L., Randall, D. and Carter, B.

Journal: Journal of child health care : for professionals working with children in the hospital and community

Volume: 19

Issue: 4

Pages: 432-443

eISSN: 1741-2889

ISSN: 1367-4935

DOI: 10.1177/1367493514527653

Abstract:

This article aims to share critical debate on undertaking interviews with children in the home setting and draws on the authors' extensive research fieldwork. The article focuses on three key processes: planning entry to the child's home, conducting the interviews and exiting the field. In planning entry, we include children's engagement and issues of researcher gender. In conducting the interviews, we consider issues such as the balance of power, the importance of building a rapport, the voluntary nature of consent and the need for a flexible interview structure. Finally, we address exiting from the child's home with sensitivity at the end of the interview and/or research study. Undertaking research in the child's home provides a known and familiar territory for the child, but it means that the researcher faces a number of challenges that require solutions whilst they are a guest in a child's home.

Source: Europe PubMed Central