%0 Journal Article
%T Engaging a Community Leader to Enhance Preparation for In
%A Benjamin F. Crabtree
%A Daniel Lima
%A Manuel E. Jimenez
%A Shawna V. Hudson
%J Qualitative Health Research
%@ 1552-7557
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1049732318792848
%X In-depth interviews allow for rich exploration of stakeholders¡¯ experiences. Preparation for in-depth interviews generally consists of literature reviews and researchers¡¯ review of their own culture and understanding of a topic. We supplemented these strategies with serial ¡°ethnographic interviews¡± with a single community leader to enhance our preparation for community-based in-depth interviews with Latina, immigrant, Spanish-speaking mothers and to facilitate stakeholder engagement in a research project. After an extensive literature review, we conducted a series of four 1-hour interviews with a key informant in preparation for individual in-depth interviews with 12 parents. The ethnographic interviews with the community leader provided insight into environmental context, cultural categories, and stakeholder priorities, which helped shape the research question, in-depth interview guide, sampling strategy, and interpretive analytic process. We found that ethnographic interviews can provide critical insights for preparing in-depth interview guides and can enhance the information gained while facilitating meaningful stakeholder engagement
%K Stakeholder-engaged research
%K qualitative methods
%K ethnography
%K United States
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1049732318792848