Strategies for Disseminating Qualitative Research Findings: Three Exemplars

Authors

  • Steven Keen Bournemouth University
  • Les Todres Bournemouth University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-8.3.285

Keywords:

qualitative research, dissemination, communication, evaluation, ethical issues

Abstract

Assuming there are those who do pay attention to the dissemination of qualitative research findings, what can we learn from them? For this article, we searched for examples of qualitative research where findings have been disseminated beyond the journal article and/or conference presentation. The rationale for pursuing examples of how good qualitative research has been disseminated is that we pay attention to both scientific and communicative concerns. All three exemplars in this article go beyond the forms of dissemination that traditionally serve academic communities and attempt to address the communicative concern of qualitative research findings. This is not to say that these modes of dissemination replace the scholarship of qualitative research and/or the peer-reviewed journal manuscript—far from it. In disseminating qualitative data, researchers have an array of presentational styles and formats to choose from that best fit their research purposes, such as drama, dance, poetry, websites, video and evocative forms of writing. We conclude by considering the ethical issues that may be involved in these forms of disseminating qualitative research, as well as the challenges for evaluating the impact of such strategies. URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs0703174

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Author Biographies

Steven Keen, Bournemouth University

Steven KEEN: After a short-lived management career, Steve spent the best part of seven years working as a Research Fellow at the Nuffield Institute for Health, Leeds University. Now at Bournemouth University, he holds a joint appointment between the Centre for Post-Qualifying Social Work and the Centre for Qualitative Research. Both Steve and Les are passionate about communicating qualitative research findings in such a way as to benefit the lives of people who use health and social care services.

Les Todres, Bournemouth University

Les TODRES: Les qualified as a clinical psychologist in 1980 and has pursued a career in research, in particular qualitative research, alongside clinical practice ever since. In recent years he has concentrated on furthering the aims and research interests of the Centre for Qualitative Research at Bournemouth University.

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Published

2007-09-30

How to Cite

Keen, S., & Todres, L. (2007). Strategies for Disseminating Qualitative Research Findings: Three Exemplars. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 8(3). https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-8.3.285

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