From: Measuring mental health in humanitarian crises: a practitioner’s guide to validity
What is the main qualitative research question? | This should be a “how” or “why” question rather than focused on measuring or counting |
How will the qualitative findings be used? What is the goal? | Identifying items for a survey is much faster than developing a detailed description of mental health concepts or healthcare decision-making |
Are there sub-groups whom you anticipate will have different experiences from each other (e.g., linguistic groups)? | This is important to know in planning the sample size and recruitment strategy |
What forms of data collection might be possible? | If there are existing mental health services, observation or review of clinical records could be used, in addition to interviews and focus group discussions |