Cross-cultural realist interviews: An integration of the realist interview and cross-cultural qualitative research methods
| Author | Jane Yelland,Nawal Abdulghani,Michelle Newton,Touran Shafiei,Kerryn O’Rourke |
| Published date | 01 March 2022 |
| Date | 01 March 2022 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/1035719X211055229 |
| Subject Matter | Academic Article |
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Evaluation Journal of Australasia
2022, Vol. 22(1) 5–17
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Cross-cultural realist
interviews: An integration of
the realist interview and
cross-cultural qualitative
research methods
Kerryn O’Rourke
1
, Nawal Abdulghani
1,5
, Jane Yelland
3,4
,
Michelle Newton
1,2
and Touran Shafiei
1
1
Judith Lumley Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2
Faculty of Nursing, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
3
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, VIC, Australia
4
Department General Practice, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
5
School of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia
Abstract
Realist interviews are a data collection method used in realist evaluations. There is little
available guidance for realist interviewing in cross-cultural contexts. Few published
realist evaluations have included cross-cultural interviews, providing limited analyses of
the cross-cultural application of realist methodology. This study integrated realist and
cross-cultural qualitative methods in a realist evaluation of an Australian doula support
program. The interviews were conducted with Arabic speaking clients of the program.
The process included collaboration with a bicultural researcher, philosophically sit-
uating the study for methodologically coherent integration, bicultural review of the
appropriateness of realist ‘how’and ‘why’questions, decisions about language
translation and interpretation, pilot interviews, and co-facilitation of the interviews.
Integration of the methods was feasible and valuable. This study may support other
realist evaluators to give voice to people from culturally diverse groups, in a manner
Corresponding author:
Kerryn O’Rourke, Judith Lumley Centre, La Trobe University, Level 3 George Singer Building, Bundoora,
Melbourne, VIC 3086 Australia.
Email: Orourke.km@students.latrobe.edu.au
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