Conducting international online surveys: Trials, tribulations, and suggestions for success

Framework- In the context of the need for the production of knowledge in low- and middle-income countries, as well as in high-income countries with their socially vulnerable populations and the concomitant, minimal availability of funding for international research, university researchers should innovate. Goal- Discuss critical methodological issues in the process of designing and implementing international online survey research. This is done in the context of responding to the need for innovation in data collection tools to expand their responsiveness to the international field and the participants’ characteristics. Chapter organization- The chapter is organized with the presentation of online international research, first presenting insights for an alternative and innovative design, then formulating questions to remotely collect international data, renewing a dialogue setting, and exploring issues of recruitment, attrition and participation. It also reports successful experiences of the internationalization of research, intellectual partnerships and shared successes in the process of creating, exchanging and translating knowledge in the context of global health and the democratization of knowledge. The experiences are related to qualitative inspired research implemented in the continental sphere (Africa, South and North America, and Europe) with the creation of survey questionnaires for an exploration of narratives, experiences, and decisions. Final consideration- The mobilization of researchers’ social and professional networks, in addition to the constant reformulation of intellectual partnerships in research, are today the most common strategies to face the current challenges in academia. Innovation for methodological advances in audacious design for unpredictable fieldwork may require the revisiting of epistemological grounds. Emerging issues in this type of research, such as “research fatigue”, should be considered..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

New Trends in Qualitative Research - 10(2022)

Sprache:

Englisch ; Spanisch ; Portugiesisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Margareth Santos Zanchetta [VerfasserIn]
Kateryna Metersky [VerfasserIn]
Marcelo Medeiros [VerfasserIn]
Walterlânia Silva Santos [VerfasserIn]
Christian Mésenge [VerfasserIn]
Moussa Issa Lessa [VerfasserIn]

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General Works
Global health; Research design; Research methodology

doi:

10.36367/ntqr.10.2022.e514

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DOAJ043463312