Qualitative Health Research
| Janice M. Morse, RN, PhD(Nurs), PhD (Anthro), FAAN | University of Utah, USA |
Qualitative Health Research provides an international, interdisciplinary forum to enhance health care and further the development and understanding of qualitative research in health-care settings. The journal is an invaluable resource for researchers and academics, administrators and others in the health and social service professions, and graduates who seek examples of qualitative methods.
Comprehensive Coverage
Each issue of Qualitative Health Research provides readers with a wealth of information - book reviews, commentaries on conceptual, theoretical, methodological and ethical issues pertaining to qualitative inquiry as well as articles covering research, theory and methods in the following areas:
- Description and analysis of the illness experience
- Experiences of caregivers
- Health and health-seeking behaviors
- Health care policy
- Sociocultural organization of health care
A Variety of Perspectives
Qualitative Health Research addresses a variety of perspectives including: cross-cultural health, family medicine, health psychology, health social work, medical anthropology, medical sociology, nursing, pediatric health, physical education, public health, and rehabilitation.
In-Depth Timely Coverage
Articles in Qualitative Health Research examine an array of timely topics such as: experiencing illness giving care institutionalization substance abuse food, feeding and nutrition living with disabilities milestones and maturation monitoring health children's perspectives on health and illness.
Look Out for These Regular Special Features
- Pearls, Pith and Provocation: This section fosters debate about significant issues, enhances communication of methodological advances and encourages the discussion of provocative ideas.
- Computer Monitor: Here, articles related to computers and qualitative research are published.
- Book Review Section: Each issue of Qualitative Health Research includes a book review section helping readers determine which publications will be most useful to them in practice, teaching and research.
Where are our readers?
Qualitative Health Research is on email to help us make the journal more interactive. Letters to the editor may be sent to vshannonqhr@gmail.com.
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Qualitative Health Research is an international, interdisciplinary, refereed journal for the enhancement of health care and to further the development and understanding of qualitative research methods in health care settings. We welcome manuscripts in the following areas: the description and analysis of the illness experience, health and health-seeking behaviors, the experiences of caregivers, the sociocultural organization of health care, health care policy, and related topics. We also seek critical reviews and commentaries addressing conceptual, theoretical, methodological, and ethical issues pertaining to qualitative enquiry.
| Janice M. Morse, PhD, FAAN | University of Utah, USA |
| Vanessa L. Shannon | Self-Employed Editor, Salt Lake City, UT, USA |
| Karin Olson, RN, PhD, CHPCN(c) | University of Alberta, Canada |
| Julianne Cheek, PhD | Ostfold University College, Norway |
| Jack Coulehan, MD | SUNY at Stony Brook, USA |
| Karin Olson, RN, PhD, CHPCN(c) | University of Alberta, Canada |
| Sally E. Thorne, PhD | University of British Columbia, Canada |
| William Ventres, MD, MA | University of El Salvador, El Salvador |
| Mitchell Allen, PhD | UC Berkeley, USA |
| Michael Agar, PhD | Ethknoworks |
| Patricia Bazeley, BA, PhD | University of New South Wales, Australia |
| Keith V. Bletzer, PhD, MPH | Arizona State University, USA |
| Joan L. Bottorff, PhD, RN, FCAHS, FAAN | University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, Canada |
| Barbara Bowers RN, PhD, FAAN | University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA |
| Joyceen S. Boyle, PhD, RN, CTN, FAAN | The University of Arizona, USA |
| Svend Brinkmann, PhD | Aalborg University, Denmark |
| Alex Broom, PhD | University of New South Wales, Australia |
| Carlos Calderon, PhD, MD, MPH | Osakidetza - Basque Health Service, Spain |
| Martha Ann Carey, PhD, RN | Kells Consulting, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Kathy Charmaz, PhD | Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, USA |
| Seung Eun Chung, PhD, RN | Korea National University of Transportation, South Korea |
| Cesar A. Cisneros Puebla | Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Iztapalpa, Mexico |
| Adele Clarke, PhD | University of California - San Francisco |
| Juliet Corbin, DNSc | San Jose State University, USA |
| Cheryl A. Cott, PhD | University of Toronto, Canada |
| Benjamin F. Crabtree, PhD | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA |
| Carmen de la Cuesta-Benjumea, DUE, MSc, PhD | University of Alicante, Spain |
| Arthur W. Frank, PhD | University of Calgary, Canada |
| Uta Gerhardt, PhD | Heidelberg University, Germany |
| Valerie Gilchrist, PhD | University of Wisconsin, USA |
| Jody Glittenberg Hinrichs, PhD, RN, FAAN, TCS | University of Arizona, USA |
| Hadass Goldblatt, PhD | University of Haifa, Israel |
| Laurie J. Goldsmith, PhD | Simon Fraser University, Canada |
| Guendalina Graffigna, PhD | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy |
| Maria Grypdonck, PhD | University of Utrecht, Netherlands |
| Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber, PhD | Boston College, USA |
| Eleanor Holroyd, PhD, RN | Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand |
| Ann P. Hutton, PhD, APRN | University of Utah, USA |
| Gail M. Jensen, PhD, PT, FAPTA | Creighton University, USA |
| Lea Kacen, PhD | The Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel |
| Michele A. Kelley, ScD, MSW, MA | University of Illinois at Chicago, USA |
| Anton J. Kuzel, MD, MHPE | Virginia Commonwealth University, USA |
| Claudia Malacrida, PhD | University of Lethbridge, Canada |
| Francisco J. Mercado Martinez, MD, PhD | University of Guadalajara, Mexico |
| Kristy Kiel Martyn, PhD, RN, CPNP-BC | Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA |
| Maria Mayan, PhD | University of Alberta, Canada. |
| William L. Miller, MD, MA | Lehigh Valley Health Network, Pennsylvania |
| Carl Mitcham, BA, MA, PhD | Colorado School of Mines, USA |
| María Elisa Moreno Fergusson, DNS, BSN | Universidad de La Sabana, Colombia |
| David L. Morgan, PhD | Portland State University, USA |
| Nancy A. Nickman, PhD, RPh | University of Utah, USA |
| Ariko Noji, RN, PHN, PhD | Chiba University, Japan |
| Joe Norris, BA, BEd, MA, PhD | Brock University, Canada |
| Joakim Öhlén, PhD | Ersta Sköndal University College, Sweden |
| John Oliffe, PhD, MEd, RN | University of British Columbia, Canada |
| Louis A. Pagliaro, PharmD, PhD | University of Alberta, Canada |
| Patricia F. Pearce, MPH, PhD, FNP-BC, FAANP | Loyola University New Orleans, USA |
| Pertti J. Pelto, PhD | University of Connecticut, USA |
| Marie Poggenpoel, RN, PhD, FANSA | University of Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Marilyn A. Ray, RN, PhD, CTN-A | Florida Atlantic University, USA |
| Sally Sargeant, PD, CPsychol | Bond University, Australia |
| Kyung Rim Shin, EdD | Ewha Woman's University, South Korea |
| Shirley Solberg, PhD, RN | Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada |
| Massimiliano Tarozzi, PhD | University of Bologna, Italy |
| Earmporn Thongkrajai, RN, PhD | Khon Kaen University, Thailand |
| Martin Tolich, PhD | Otago University, New Zealand |
| Bernardo Turnbull, DPhil | Universidad Iberoamericana, México, Mexico |
| Deborah K. van den Hoonaard | St. Thomas University, Canada |
| Max van Manen, PhD | University of Alberta, Canada |
| Judith Wuest, RN, PhD | University of New Brunswick, Canada |
Qualitative Health Research (QHR) is an international, interdisciplinary, refereed journal for the enhancement of health care and furthering the development and understanding of qualitative research methods in health care settings. We welcome manuscripts in the following areas: the description and analysis of the illness experience, health and health-seeking behaviors, the experiences of caregivers, the sociocultural organization of health care, health care policy, and related topics. We also consider critical reviews; articles addressing qualitative methods; and commentaries on conceptual, theoretical, methodological, and ethical issues pertaining to qualitative inquiry.
Authors interested in submitting a manuscript to the journal can download the Manuscript Submission Guidelines here.
Submissions are handled online through the Qualitative Health Research SAGE Track site. Please visit http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/qhr to begin the submission process.
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The journal office can be contacted at vshannonqhr@gmail.com.
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).