![]() ![]() These insights will help researchers to reframe their research questions from the informants' perspective rather than to impose structured questions on informants from the researchers' perspective. The investigation of why the inconsistency occurs between beliefs and types of behavior can further give researchers more insights in the research questions examined. She explained that she did not always have time for grocery shopping and had to buy some canned food.Īll these studies considered PO as a highly valued and unique research method to explore the sociocultural context in community health research. When visiting the other woman at her home, we noticed that she had some opened and unopened canned fruits and vegetables in her refrigerator. I mean the food that I can see and touch and grow in the natureI worry about those semi-finished or finished food, since I don't know what additives they (the makers) might put in the food(that's why) I rarely go out for eating However, during PO, these two women did not always act according to what they claimed about “natural food.” When going out with the first woman for grocery shopping, she bought prepared food such as cake which she bought for her breakfast because she had to finish the breakfast quickly to catch up the bus for work. The natural food I am referring to is those grown by themselves, not artificially synthesizedI don't buy semi-finished or finished food, since I don't know what they are made of Another woman had very similar comments about food and additives. That's why I never eat processed food or take those health supplements. It's real food, not something that has been labeled as natural product, but is actually processed. We spent time with the informants when their regular daily activities went on without interruption. Following the observation data sheet proposed by Spradley, our observation allowed a casual, relaxed, and friendly interaction between the informants and the researcher. We paid special attention to their conversations and types of behavior related to health and health promotion during the observation. To observe the informants' everyday activities, we arranged PO with them at their convenient time when they usually went on some health-related activities. Therefore, follow-up interview questions varied from one informant to another. ![]() If ongoing analysis indicates the necessity for data clarification or deeper depth of the data, we would arrange follow-up interviews. Examples of the interview questions were “What is health?” “What does it mean to you to have good health (or be healthy)?” “What is poor health?” “How does someone get good health?” and “How does someone maintain good health?” All the interviews were one-on-one and were digitally recorded. ![]()
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