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The "Sticky Notes" Method

Adapting Interpretive Description Methodology for Team-Based Qualitative Analysis in Community-Based Participatory Research

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ID4634435
AuthorsHeather Burge, Heather Burgess (BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada), Kate Jongbloed (0000-0001-9903-5630, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada), Anna Vorobyova (0000-0002-1052-5762, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, corresponding author), Sean Grieve (BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada), Sharyle Lyndon (BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada), Tim Wesseling (BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada), Kate Salters (0000-0002-6280-2290, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada), Robert S Hogg (0000-0003-3463-5488, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada), Sangeeta Parashar (0000-0001-6857-6231, Simon Fraser University), Surita Parashar (BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada), Margo E Pearce (BC Centre for Disease Control), Margo Pearce (0000-0002-1563-8029, BC Centre for Disease Control)
Year2021
Volume31
Issue7
Pages1335-1344
Publication date2021-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQualitative Health Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/10497323211002489
PMID33825561
OpenAlexW3143404649
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited17

Community-based participatory research (CBPR) has a long history within HIV research, yet little work has focused on facilitating team-based data analysis within CBPR. Our team adapted Thorne's interpretive description (ID) for CBPR analysis, using a color-coded "sticky notes" system to conduct data fragmentation and synthesis. Sticky notes were used to record, visualize, and communicate emerging insights over the course of 11 in-person participatory sessions. Data fragmentation strategies were employed in an iterative four-step process that was reached by consensus. During synthesis, the team created and recreated mind maps of the 969 sticky notes, from which we developed categories and themes through discussion. Flexibility, trust, and discussion were key components that facilitated the evolution of the final process. An interactive, team-based approach was central to data co-creation and capacity building, whereas the "sticky notes" system provided a framework for identifying and sorting data

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