A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Planning focus group interviews with asylum seekers: Factors related to the researcher, interpreter and asylum seekers
Authors: Eklöf N, Hupli M, Leino-Kilpi H
Publisher: WILEY
Publication year: 2017
Journal: Nursing Inquiry
Journal name in source: NURSING INQUIRY
Journal acronym: NURS INQ
Article number: ARTN e12192
Volume: 24
Issue: 4
Number of pages: 8
ISSN: 1320-7881
eISSN: 1440-1800
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/nin.12192
Abstract
The aim of this article was to discuss factors related to the researcher, interpreter and asylum seekers when planning focus group interviews with asylum seekers. Focus group interview is one of the basic data collection methods in descriptive nursing and health research. It has been used in multicultural research, allowing an opportunity to participate without literacy and to have linguistic and cultural support from other participants. Asylum seekers form a specific, vulnerable group, and the growing number of asylum seekers increases the need for research related to them. A culturally, methodologically and ethically high-quality focus group interview is based on the researcher's special knowledge and skills, acknowledgement of asylum seekers as both individuals and part of cultural and communal groups, and careful planning of the interpreter's role during the interviews.
The aim of this article was to discuss factors related to the researcher, interpreter and asylum seekers when planning focus group interviews with asylum seekers. Focus group interview is one of the basic data collection methods in descriptive nursing and health research. It has been used in multicultural research, allowing an opportunity to participate without literacy and to have linguistic and cultural support from other participants. Asylum seekers form a specific, vulnerable group, and the growing number of asylum seekers increases the need for research related to them. A culturally, methodologically and ethically high-quality focus group interview is based on the researcher's special knowledge and skills, acknowledgement of asylum seekers as both individuals and part of cultural and communal groups, and careful planning of the interpreter's role during the interviews.
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