Ethnographic Data Generation in a Mental Health Setting: The Role of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurses

Psychiatric and mental health nurses work with clients suffering from various mental health problems with complex needs. This article discusses focused ethnography as a tool to develop mental health care: careful planning of the field work, incorporating several data sets, data generation within a r...

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Published in:Issues in mental health nursing 2020-10, Vol.41 (10), p.899-907
Main Author: Sorsa, Minna A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ethnography
Health planning
Health problems
Mental disorders
Mental health
Mental health care
Mental health services
Nurses
Nursing
Psychiatric nurses
Qualitative research
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Summary:Psychiatric and mental health nurses work with clients suffering from various mental health problems with complex needs. This article discusses focused ethnography as a tool to develop mental health care: careful planning of the field work, incorporating several data sets, data generation within a reflective stance and changing the researcher's role intentionally during the field study. An open and participatory role is suggested to make discoveries. The lifeworld method requires scrutinizing and further discussion on the benefit to mental health care. Psychiatric and mental health nurses can use their professional expertise in the process.
ISSN:0161-2840
1096-4673
DOI:10.1080/01612840.2020.1749918