Rapid Ethnographic Assessments: A Practical Approach and Toolkit For Collaborative Community Research / Edition 1

by Thurka Sangaramoorthy, Karen A Kroeger

Overview

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This book provides provides a practical guide to understanding and conducting rapid ethnographic assessments (REAs) with an emphasis on their use in public health contexts. This team-based, multi-method, relatively low-cost approach results in rich understandings of social, economic, and policy factors that contribute to the root causes of an emerging situation and provides rapid, practical feedback to policy makers and programs.

Using real-world examples and case studies of completed REAs, Sangaramoorthy and Kroeger provide readers with a logical, easy-to-follow introduction into key concepts, principles, and methods of REAs, including interview and observation techniques, triangulation, field notes and debriefing, theoretical saturation, and qualitative analysis. They also provide a practical guide for planning and implementing REAs and suggestions for transforming findings into written reports and actionable recommendations. Materials and detailed tools regarding the conduct of REAs are designed to help readers apply this method to their own research regardless of topic or discipline. REA is an applied approach that can facilitate collaborative work with communities and become a catalyst for action.

Rapid Ethnographic Assessment will appeal to professionals and researchers interested in using REAs for research efficiency and productivity as well as action-oriented and translational research in a variety of fields and contexts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367252298
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/19/2020
Pages:	198
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Thurka Sangaramoorthy is a cultural and medical anthropologist and public health researcher with 22 years of expertise in conducting applied ethnographic research, including rapid assessments, among vulnerable populations in the United States, Africa, and Latin America/Caribbean. Her expertise includes global health and migration, HIV/STD, health systems, and environmental risk.

Karen A. Kroeger is a cultural and medical anthropologist who has conducted ethnographic research, assessment, and evaluation among populations vulnerable to sexually transmitted diseases and HIV in the United States and abroad since 1994. She is a former Research Anthropologist at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Table of Contents

List of boxes ix

List of figures x

List of tables xi

Preface xii

Chapter summaries xvi

Acknowledgments xviii

1 Overview of rapid ethnographic assessment 1

2 Key considerations in planning for a rapid ethnographic assessment 18

3 Rapid ethnographic assessment design and methods 35

4 Fieldwork 65

5 Data analysis 78

6 Report writing and follow up 97

7 Case studies 112

Appendices 140

Appendix 1 Glossary of terms 141

Appendix 2 Sample REA concept proposal 146

Appendix 3 Sample project planning tool 149

Appendix 4 Sample REA budget template 152

Appendix 5 Sample REA team position descriptions 154

Appendix 6 Sample statement of work 156

Appendix 7 Interview guide template 158

Appendix 8 Interview note-taking guide 163

Appendix 9 Sample REA training agenda 164

Appendix 10 Sample training budget 167

Appendix 11 Sample REA report template 168

Appendix 12 Rapid ethnographic assessment resources 170

Index 174