You're right - the research was not strongly participatory. Do you plan to eventually explore these wider insights? I also wonder whether an ethnographic approach would not have been useful here, considering the very nature of the research problem about uncovering at a micro-level the reasons why certain households are not participating in an immunisation scheme.Īlso, as you rightly noted in your report, there is the limitation of focussing on these specific locations in order to gain a deeper understanding of the problem and losing the useful insights that a wider geographical profiling can bring to explaining the localised anomalies.
Apart from the initial consultations with key stake holders in Abuja at the start of the programme I don't get the feeling that there is a participatory element with the actual subjects of this research. I'm interested in knowing more about the participatory element of this methodology. This looks like an interesting study with a potential for producing a really valuable insight into the problem of missed/low take-up of polio immunisation vacination in Northern Nigeria. Thanks for emailing or posting your comments and questions. Understanding Attitudes to Immunisation in Nigeria: Household Interview Understanding Attitudes to Immunisation in Nigeria: Key Informant Interview Understanding Attitudes to Immunisation in Northern Nigeria: A Research Outline These comments are moderated to avoid spam so you will not see your contributions immediately. Just reply to this email or having clicked the Read More link below enter your contributions into the Post New Comment block and "Send". Please do share any questions or information requirements that you may have. Please note that this is not Dr Taylor's presentation. I wanted to provide some background to this as part of the orientation and briefing for this section of the agenda. To commence the Research Methodologies day Dr Sebastian Taylor will make a presentation outlining a research methodology that draws from Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA).