My research story : from an international student to optimizing diabetes education for my fellow Chinese immigrants /
This case study illustrates a story of a bicultural researcher who experienced acculturation since young, later turned it around and used the multilinguistic skills and cultural knowledge to design a research study in optimizing diabetes education for fellow Chinese migrants. This story captures how...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publications Ltd,
2017.
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| Summary: | This case study illustrates a story of a bicultural researcher who experienced acculturation since young, later turned it around and used the multilinguistic skills and cultural knowledge to design a research study in optimizing diabetes education for fellow Chinese migrants. This story captures how a research question was identified from everyday clinical practice, and case study method as described by Robert K. Yin was used. In research design, particularly data collection methods, the researcher adopted unique culturally sensitive strategies to gain entry to field-sites. The researcher also described some cultural-specific challenges in collecting interview data, for readers to consider when conducting similar research. |
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| Item Description: | Title from content provider. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9781526407917 1526407914 |