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- Title
Use of an Audit in Violence Prevention Research.
- Authors
Erwin, Elizabeth Hite; Meyer, Aleta; McClain, Natalie
- Abstract
Auditing is an effective tool for articulating the trustworthiness and credibility of qualitative research. However, little information exists on how to conduct an audit. In this article, the authors illustrate their use of an audit team to explore the methods and preliminary findings of a study aimed at identifying the relevant and challenging problems experienced by urban teenagers. This study was the first in a series of studies to improve the ecological validity of violence prevention programs for high-risk urban teenagers, titled Identifying Essential Skills for Violence Prevention. The five phases of this audit were engaging the auditor, becoming familiar with the study, discussing methods and determining strengths and limitations, articulating audit findings, and planning subsequent research. Positioning the audit before producing final results allows researchers to address many study limitations, uncover potential sources of bias in the thematic structure, and systematically plan subsequent steps in an emerging design.
- Subjects
TEENAGERS; VIOLENCE prevention; QUALITATIVE research; RESEARCH; GROUNDED theory
- Publication
Qualitative Health Research, 2005, Vol 15, Issue 5, p707
- ISSN
1049-7323
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1049732304273090