Peer interviewers /
Peer interviewers are research team members who share similar experiences, characteristics, and/or insider status with participants in a study. In research, the term peer refers to any person with lived experience similar to the members of the social group of interest (e.g., experiences of homelessn...
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| Other Authors: | , , , , |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
SAGE Publications Ltd.,
2020.
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| Series: | Qualitative interviewing.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Peer interviewers are research team members who share similar experiences, characteristics, and/or insider status with participants in a study. In research, the term peer refers to any person with lived experience similar to the members of the social group of interest (e.g., experiences of homelessness, addiction, mental illness). Peer interviewing, which emerged from ethnography (Brannick & Coghlan, 2007; Taylor, 2011), is a type of insider research, wherein people with lived experience conduct interviews with members of a community or institution that is being studied. While issues of confidentiality, consent, role confusion, and objectivity may arise (Humphrey, 2013), peer interviewers can be valuable members of the research team as they bring a shared understanding of the lived experiences of people facing complex vulnerabilities (Brannick & Coghlan, ... |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781529745580 1529745586 9781526421036 1526421038 |