Conférence internationale Africa 2013 sur l’Ecosanté Combining apples and oranges? Synthesizing quantitative and qualitative data from EcoZD studies Silvia Alonso 1 , Seng Sokerya 2 , Nguyen Ngoc Thuy 3 and Jeff Gilbert 1 1. International Livestock Research Institute, ILRI 2. Centre for Agriculture & Livestock Development Cambodia (CelAgrid), Phnom Penh, Cambodia 3. Nong Lam University, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
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Combining apples and oranges? synthesizing quantitative and qualitative data from EcoZD studies
Presentation by Silvia Alonso, Sokerya Seng, Nguyen Ngoc Thuy and Jeff Gilbert at the First African Regional Conference of the International Association on Ecology and Health (Africa 2013 Ecohealth), Grand-Bassam, Côte d'Ivoire, 1-5 October 2013.
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Conférence internationale Africa 2013 sur l’Ecosanté
Combining apples and oranges? Synthesizing quantitative and qualitative
data from EcoZD studies
Silvia Alonso1, Seng Sokerya2, Nguyen Ngoc Thuy3 and Jeff Gilbert1
1. International Livestock Research Institute, ILRI
2. Centre for Agriculture & Livestock Development Cambodia (CelAgrid), Phnom Penh, Cambodia
3. Nong Lam University, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Conférence internationale Africa 2013 sur l’Ecosanté
Combining apples and oranges? Synthesizing quantitative and qualitative data from EcoZD studies
Conférence internationale Africa 2013 sur l’Ecosanté
• Mixed method research “… intentionally integrate or combine quantitative and qualitative data to maximize the strengths of each, to answer questions that are inadequately answered by one approach.” (Ozawa and Pongpirul, 2013) “… it allows researchers to view problems from multiple perspectives, contextualize information, develop a more complete understanding of a problem, triangulate results, quantify hard‐to‐measure constructs, provide illustrations of context for trends, examine processes/experiences along with outcomes and capture a macro picture of a system.” (Ozawa and Pongpirul, 2013)
Increasing literature ‐ mixed methods as a distinct research approach EcoHealth to engage and contribute!!!
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• What do mixed methods contribute?: • Complementarity – one type of data illustrates/explains findings on the other
• Development – one type of data informs the use of the other method
• Initiation – identify areas of incongruence to generate new insights / research questions
• Expansion – each method suited to explore different aspect of a research question
• Triangulation – corroborate findings
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Combining apples and oranges? Synthesizing quantitative and qualitative data from EcoZD studies
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Livestock keeping and acute diarrhea in Cambodia
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Combining apples and oranges? Synthesizing quantitative and qualitative data from EcoZD studies
2 Provinces
4 Districts
8 villages
Quantitative methods (questionnaire and biological sampling) Evidence and investigate risk factors
for zoonotic transmission
Qualitative methods (PRA and FGD)
capture socio‐economic aspects linked to disease occurrence and spread
Numerical output report
Summary of observations
Conférence internationale Africa 2013 sur l’Ecosanté
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Combining apples and oranges? Synthesizing quantitative and qualitative data from EcoZD studies
Quantitative methods (questionnaire and biological sampling)
400 Households reporting diarrhea in past 2
weeks
Questionnaire on household characteristics, food consumption and hygiene practices