... constraints in Hungary and social exclusion in Bangladesh. By leveraging trust-building techniques and flexible data-collection methods, the research overcame obstacles in accessing and engaging non-binary individuals. The findings provide a framework for collecting reliable data while safeguarding...

... throughout online qualitative studies to address this concern. Design/methodology/approach The paper provides a review of how qualitative scholars approach this issue in online participant recruitment, data collection and data analysis. Then, the author shares methodological changes made for ongoing...

... silence as an interpretive, agentive and relational gesture. Findings We attend to silence as necessary in all research because it helps researchers excavate able-bodied expectations about communication in qualitative-data-collection practices. Originality/value We demonstrate that silences...

... struggled. Findings The author ponders on what she learned while being in such close quarters with a participant and discusses what she should keep in mind about herself as the researcher during subsequent data collection forays. Researchers should know themselves well before attempting such closeness...

... will be given to the Vietnamese health discourse. Keywords: Qualitative method, intercultural research, health issues, pragmatics, data collection, cultural interference. Qualitative methodology has been widely accepted in health research. The main reason is that while quantitative research has its strengths...