Emma F. France
Improving reporting of meta-ethnography: The eMERGe reporting guidance
France, Emma F.; Cunningham, Maggie; Ring, Nicola; Uny, Isabelle; Duncan, Edward AS; Jepson, Ruth G; Maxwell, Margaret; Roberts, Rachel J.; Turley, Ruth L.; Booth, Andrew; Britten, Nicky; Flemming, Kate; Gallagher, Ian; Garside, Ruth; Hannes, Karin; Lewin, Simon; Noblit, George W.; Pope, Catherine; Thomas, James; Vanstone, Meredith; Higginbottom, Gina M. A.; Noyes, Jane
Authors
Maggie Cunningham
Prof Nicola Ring N.Ring@napier.ac.uk
Professor
Isabelle Uny
Edward AS Duncan
Ruth G Jepson
Margaret Maxwell
Rachel J. Roberts
Ruth L. Turley
Andrew Booth
Nicky Britten
Kate Flemming
Ian Gallagher
Ruth Garside
Karin Hannes
Simon Lewin
George W. Noblit
Catherine Pope
James Thomas
Meredith Vanstone
Gina M. A. Higginbottom
Jane Noyes
Abstract
Background
Evidence-based policy and practice require robust evidence syntheses which can further understanding of people’s experiences and associated social processes. Meta-ethnography is a rigorous seven-phase qualitative evidence synthesis methodology, developed by Noblit and Hare. Meta-ethnography is used widely in health research but reporting is often poor quality, and this discourages trust in, and use of its findings. Meta-ethnography reporting guidance is
needed to improve reporting quality.
Design The eMERGe study used a rigorous mixed-methods design and evidence-based methods to develop the novel reporting guidance and explanatory notes.
Methods
The study, conducted from 2015-2017, comprised of: (1) a methodological systematic review of guidance for meta-ethnography conduct and reporting; (2) a review and audit of published
meta-ethnographies to identify good practice principles; (3) international, multi-disciplinary consensus-building processes to agree guidance content; (4) innovative development of the guidance and explanatory notes.
Findings
Recommendations and good practice for all seven phases of meta-ethnography conduct and reporting were newly identified leading to nineteen reporting criteria and accompanying detailed guidance.
Conclusion
The bespoke eMERGe Reporting Guidance, which incorporates new methodological developments and advances the methodology, can help researchers to report the important aspects of meta-ethnography. Use of the guidance should raise reporting quality. Better reporting could make assessments of confidence in the findings more robust and increase use of meta-ethnography outputs to improve practice, policy and service user outcomes in health
and other fields. This is the first tailored reporting guideline for meta-ethnography.
Citation
France, E. F., Cunningham, M., Ring, N., Uny, I., Duncan, E. A., Jepson, R. G., Maxwell, M., Roberts, R. J., Turley, R. L., Booth, A., Britten, N., Flemming, K., Gallagher, I., Garside, R., Hannes, K., Lewin, S., Noblit, G. W., Pope, C., Thomas, J., Vanstone, M., …Noyes, J. (2019). Improving reporting of meta-ethnography: The eMERGe reporting guidance. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 75(5), 1126-1139. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13809
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Aug 1, 2018 |
Online Publication Date | Jan 15, 2019 |
Publication Date | 2019-05 |
Deposit Date | Sep 10, 2018 |
Publicly Available Date | Jan 16, 2020 |
Journal | Journal of Advanced Nursing |
Print ISSN | 0309-2402 |
Publisher | Wiley |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 75 |
Issue | 5 |
Pages | 1126-1139 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13809 |
Keywords | Guideline, meta‐ethnography, nursing, publication standards, qualitative evidence synthesis, qualitative research, reporting, research design, |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1294102 |
Contract Date | Sep 6, 2018 |
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