Conducting qualitative interviews: an introduction

Do you want to find out what peoplethink about an issue, or what their experiences are? Qualitative interviews areused to find out people’s views and experiences on a range of different topics.In this course, we will discuss what a researcher needs to consider before interviewingpeople, how to prepare and conduct a qualitative interview, and whatresearchers need to do after the interview. Whether you need to conduct research as part of yourjob, in a volunteer role, or as part of your studies, this free course Conductingqualitative interviews: an introduction is designed to help you design,carry out and record qualitative interviews. It has been developed from acutting-edge research project in which volunteer researchers from diversebackgrounds were trained as peer researchers, interviewing their friends andfamily members. The course has been developed from the findings of Reproductive Bodylore: The Role of VernacularKnowledge in Women’s Contraceptive Decision-Making,funded by an Arts and Humanities Research Council(AHRC) Grant (AH/S011587/1) and led by a research team from The Open University(OU) and undertaken in partnership with Public Health England and The Folklore Society. Our thanks toall the volunteer researchers and participants in the Reproductive Bodyloreproject.