Poetry as Data Analysis: Honoring the words of research participants

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  • Cynthia Cannon Poindexter Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, Boston University, Boston, MA

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Poetry was used as one method to highlight the findings from a qualitative study of twenty older, minority HJV-affected caregivers. Semi-structured interviews were designed to solicit the participants' perceptions and experiences. In order to honor the strengths and uniqueness of each individual and to preserve their inspirational stories, a "poem" was created by arranging their words into a format which highlighted the essence of each respondent's comments.Copyright of Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping is theproperty of Cleveland State University and its content may not be copied oremailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyrightholder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, oremail articles for individual use.

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Cynthia Cannon Poindexter, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, Boston University, Boston, MA

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Poindexter, C. C. (2014). Poetry as Data Analysis: Honoring the words of research participants. Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping, 4(3), 22–25. Retrieved from https://reflectionsnarrativesofprofessionalhelping.org/index.php/Reflections/article/view/563

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