Sociological Qualitative Methods

Latest research

1. A socio-ecological analysis of intimate partner violence among women of reproductive age in Nigeria: a multilevel analysis of data from 2008 to 2018 Nigeria demographic and health surveys

   • Ebenezer Kwesi Armah-Ansah
   • Seun Adegboyega Adejumo
   • Charity Oga-Omenka

   in BMC Public Health

   Article Open access 17 November 2025

   

2. Analytic Methods to Investigate HIV-Related Digital Communication: A Scoping Review

   • Parisa Ayoubi
   • Bailey Holmes Spencer
   • Evan L. Eschliman

   in Current HIV/AIDS Reports

   Article 13 November 2025

   

3. Adding Meaning and Context to Nodes and Edges: A Mixed Methods Approach to Enhance the Validity of Idiographic Networks

   • Melissa Miléna De Smet
   • Lune Imaani Quintens
   • Joran Jongerling

   in Cognitive Therapy and Research

   Article Open access 10 November 2025

   

4. Turkısh women’s experıences of early and forced marrıage: a meta-synthesıs study

   • Büşra Dolkun
   • Muazez Küçükkaya
   • Nur Elçin Boyacıoğlu

   in Archives of Women's Mental Health

   Article 10 November 2025

   

5. Undertaking ‘soft’ and ‘whole’ Systems Approaches in Realistic Policy Contexts: a Comparative Case Study

   • Sandy Whitelaw
   • Hannah Robinson
   • Chris Topping

   in Systemic Practice and Action Research

   Article Open access 08 November 2025

   

6. Understanding patient perspectives on the quality of family planning care: a qualitative study

   • Alicia VandeVusse
   • Jennifer Mueller
   • Megan L. Kavanaugh

   in BMC Women's Health

   Article Open access 04 November 2025

7. Career process experiences of male nurse managers: a qualitative research

   • Şehriban Yöndem
   • Osman Bilgin
   • Serap Torun

   in BMC Nursing

   Article Open access 04 November 2025

8. Challenges to community midwives in the provision of maternal services to rural communities of Pakistan

   • Bakhtawar Muhammad Hanif Khowaja
   • Anam Shahil Feroz
   • Sarah Saleem

   in BMC Health Services Research

   Article Open access 03 November 2025

   

9. Using the socioecological model to guide service delivery improvements to the prison needle exchange program in Canada: insights from multi-level stakeholders

   • Nadine Kronfli
   • Lise Lafferty
   • Frederick L. Altice

   in BMC Public Health

   Article Open access 29 October 2025

   

10. Navigating Heteronormative Health Systems: A Rich Picture Exploration of the Challenges of 2SLGBTQ + Older Adults and Implications for Community Engagement in Research

    • Steven Hall
    • Darien Dyck
    • Natasha Hubbard Murdoch

    in Systemic Practice and Action Research

    Article 29 October 2025

    

11. Social relationship challenges perceived by cancer patients and survivors: a qualitative meta-synthesis

    • Bahare Zarei
    • Ashraf Kazemi
    • Hossein Beigi-Harchegani

    in BMC Psychology

    Article Open access 29 October 2025

    

12. Examining the experiences of prehospital emergency workers in emergency medical intervention during terrorist attacks: a qualitative study

    • Gözde Günay Tuzcu
    • Eda Önal
    • Ali Ekşi

    in European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery

    Article 28 October 2025

    

13. A qualitative study of patient’s experiences of receiving alcohol interventions according to the 15-method in psychiatric care

    • Jennie Sundbye
    • Anders Hammarberg
    • Sara Wallhed Finn

    in BMC Psychiatry

    Article Open access 28 October 2025

14. Social processes and engagement along the HIV care continuum: a mixed methods exploratory study with diverse African American/Black and Latine emerging adults living with HIV

    • Leo Wilton
    • Marya Gwadz
    • Samantha Serrano

    in International Journal for Equity in Health

    Article Open access 28 October 2025

    

15. Qualitative study of suicide ideation among university students in Ghana

    • Mary Boatemaa Setrana
    • Daniel Addy
    • Elizabeth Koomson-Yalley

    in Discover Education

    Article Open access 27 October 2025

16. A critical exploration of stigma interventions and programs for queer peoples across the life course in Canada: a scoping review protocol

    • Jad Sinno
    • Judith Logan
    • Daniel Grace

    in Systematic Reviews

    Article Open access 24 October 2025

17. Preventing AIDS, producing mothers: a sociological reading of HIV/AIDS posters aimed at women in the 1980s and 1990s

    • João Paulo Gugliotti
    • Lilia Blima Schraiber

    in Archives of Public Health

    Article Open access 23 October 2025

    

18. Sweden’s public health response to COVID-19: a qualitative study building on a realist approach

    • Zahra Afshar Hosseinabadi
    • Anders Brantnell

    in BMC Health Services Research

    Article Open access 22 October 2025

    

19. Rezension: Barbara Hönig (2024). Zur Aktualität von Dorothy E. Smith. Einführung in ihr Werk. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.

    • Iris Mendel

    in Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie

    Article 21 October 2025

20. Utility of Qualitative Methods to Expand Behavior-Analytic Perspectives: A Reflection

    • Stephanie H. Jones
    • Denys Brand
    • Sofia Abuin

    in Behavior Analysis in Practice

    Article 20 October 2025

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