Interviewing Sub-Saharan Migrants in Switzerland About HIV/AIDS: Critical Reflections on the Interview Process

Although research underpinnings for the interview process are often discussed in the scholarly community, reports of explicit experiences about this step are often insufficient or lacking in research publications on migrant health and in the context of HIV/ AIDS. The authors highlight the challenges...

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Published in:Journal of transcultural nursing 2010-01, Vol.21 (1), p.23-28
Main Authors: Bischofberger, Iren, Roost Vischer, Lilo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Adult
Africa South of the Sahara - ethnology
AIDS
Cultural Competency
Culture
Emigrants and Immigrants - statistics & numerical data
Female
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
HIV
HIV Infections - ethnology
HIV Infections - nursing
HIV Infections - prevention & control
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Interviews
Interviews as Topic - methods
Interviews as Topic - standards
Language
Male
Middle Aged
Noncitizens
Nursing
Nursing Research
Prejudice
Qualitative Research
Scholarly publishing
Switzerland
Young Adult
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Summary:Although research underpinnings for the interview process are often discussed in the scholarly community, reports of explicit experiences about this step are often insufficient or lacking in research publications on migrant health and in the context of HIV/ AIDS. The authors highlight the challenges they encountered in conducting qualitative interviews in a multilingual, transcultural setting with Sub-Saharan migrants on HIV prevention and care.The authors discuss challenges and solutions during the conduct of interviews. They particularly highlight strategies on interview conduct, participant focus, and interviewer’s behavior, which supported good quality in their research interviews. The main aim of the article is to critically reflect experiences and to suggest successful methods during interview phases with regard to the migrant setting and the sensitivity of the research topic.
ISSN:1043-6596
1552-7832
DOI:10.1177/1043659609348621