Studies Matching Ethnography, Grounded Theory, Case Study, and Action Research

Qualitative Research Articles’ Analyses
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Qualitative Research Articles’ Analyses
Introduction
Research is essential to human progress. It creates new frontiers for humanity to create new forms of knowledge, solve problems, bring about new inventions, and gain a deeper understanding of the human condition and the physical world. In that sense, research is a somewhat sacred endeavor that invites great seriousness and utmost discipline. This essay explores and analyzes four studies matching four research types: ethnography, grounded theory, case study, and action research. The essay consists of four sections, marking the start of each article analysis.
Ethnography
This section analyzes Bosire et al.’s (2020) ethnographic study on South Africa’s patient-centered care services for patients living with both HIV and Diabetes in the country’s public hospitals (that is comorbid). Specifically, the study aimed to understand the perspectives of healthcare providers on patient-centered care for “patients with chronic comorbidities” (p. 535). The authors employed a dual ethnographic methodological approach in observing the study participants at work and conducting in-depth interviews. Ethnography is an approach to qualitative research that systematically studies people and settings. It involves fieldwork, in-depth observation, interviews, and the analysis of artifacts. In this case, Bosire et al. (2020) employed the observation and interview approaches. Ethnography can provide insight into how different cultures think, behave, and experience the world.
The sample population came from a Soweto tertiary public healthcare facility owing to the fact that a considerable population of the Soweto neighborhood presents with HIV-diabetes comorbidities (Bosire et al., 2020). The sample consisted of a mix of healthcare workers ranging from doctors to nurses to social workers to administrators, with the first batch sampled through the purposive sampling method and the rest sampled through the snowball method following recommendations from the first batch of participants.
The study found that healthcare providers generally supported patient-centered care and saw it as a way to improve the quality of care for their patients. However, they also had reservations about how patient-centered care would work in public hospitals. Many structural and patient barriers challenge fully realizing patient-centered care (Bosire et al., 2020). The study also found that patient-centered care had the potential to improve the quality of life for patients living with comorbidities and that it could play an essential role in reducing the burden on the healthcare system.
The study conducted by Bosire et al. (2020) is an excellent example of how ethnography can be used to gain insight into the unique ways that different cultures think, behave, and experience the world. The study used a mixed-method approach that included both purposive and snowball sampling. This reduced sampling bias from the researchers and allowed a broad spectrum of participants to be interviewed, including healthcare workers from different departments within ...