A rigorous seven-phase methodology for synthesising qualitative evidence. Meta-ethnography aims to go beyond the findings of the individual studies synthesised and simply aggregating results to produce a new interpretation, model or theory.
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Meta-ethnography
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Summary (bullet points)
- Qualitative synthesis methodology
- Produces a new interpretation, model or theory”
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Research term
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Methodology
Foundational paper (s)
Britten, N., Campbell, R., Pope, C., Donovan, J., Morgan, M., & Pill, R. (2002). Using meta ethnography to synthesise qualitative research: a worked example. Journal of health services research & policy, 7(4), 209-215.
Campbell, R., Britten, N., Pound, P., Donovan, J., Morgan, M., Pill, R., & Pope, C. (2006). Using meta-ethnography to synthesise qualitative research. Moving beyond effectiveness in evidence synthesis, 75, 82.
France, Emma F., Maggie Cunningham, Nicola Ring, Simon Arnold Lewin, and Jane Noyes. “Improving reporting of Meta-Ethnography: The eMERGe Reporting Guidance, Review of Education.” (2019).