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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Conducting Go-Along Interviews to Understand Context and Promote Health
Contributor:
Garcia, Carolyn M.;
Eisenberg, Marla E.;
Frerich, Ellen A.;
Lechner, Kate E.;
Lust, Katherine
imprint:
SAGE Publications, 2012
Published in:Qualitative Health Research
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1177/1049732312452936
ISSN:
1049-7323;
1552-7557
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<jats:p> Go-along interviewing is an innovative approach to obtaining contextualized perspectives by conducting mobile interviews in which the participant acts as a navigational guide of the real or virtual space within which he or she lives. In this study, we used go-along interviews to obtain college students’ contextualized perceptions of sexual health resources. Seventy-eight undergraduate students showed and described the resources on and near five campuses in a Midwestern state. In this article, we focus on the methodology of go-along interviews. The go-along, a relatively new methodology in health research, is a format in which participants take an active role in shaping the interview, and it facilitates identification of resources that might be overlooked using traditional interview formats. The go-along methodology is promising for researchers wanting to ground health-promotion efforts in the context of environmental or community-based strengths and needs. </jats:p>