I intend to do a research to capture midwives activities to figure out the real problems faced by village midwives in the rural areas. I plan to do focus group disscussions and depth interviews at the first, followed by an observation, which is following village midwives activities for a week".
Maybe one of you know what are the appropriate method and strategy for this study?
whether it is a quantitative or qualitative or mixed methods?
what are the strategies that should I write in the research proposal?
whether FGD, depth interview and observation strategies are right strategies written in the research proposal?
Dear Ivo Sousa, Thank you very much for your explanation and advice. Those are really healpful.
The next question, how long is needed for the observation. Whether a month is enough?
Ivo, it will depend on the data saturation.
The background of my study is:
Most people and government blame village midwives for a high maternal mortality rates. Previously, I am apart of them. However, when I travelled to the rural areas for a research project, I watched other side of village midwives. They are struggling with their limitation and over workload. The geographic condition also contribute for their pain so that I am interested to explore more deeply. I intend to be as them so I can figure out their problems.
Hello Indrayani Indrayani. My sister was part of a research team that carried out a study in a similar area (maternal health service). I think the paper might be helpful in terms of the most suitable strategy and research method you can adopt in your study. Check it out: Bohren, Meghan A., et al. "Mistreatment of women during childbirth in Abuja, Nigeria: a qualitative study on perceptions and experiences of women and healthcare providers." Reproductive health 14.1 (2017): 9.
I hope it helps
Dear Indrayani, since you intend to capture the problems village midwives go through in their daily practices I suggest you position your study in the constructionist paradigm and use a phenomenological design. You will use an in-depth, one-on-one interviews to capture their lived experiences of the phenomenon of interest.
I agree Indrayan that a constructivist, interpretivist, or phenomenological design would work. Given the sensitive and confidential nature of work that midwives do - I think individual interviews would work better than focus groups. I am a mixed methods researcher. So you could also design a survey using something like Survey Monkey, Lime Survey or Qualtrix as tool for participants to fill out - or look for a survey that has already been constructed in relation to midwives.
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