ETHNOGRAPHY PROJECT ASSIGNMENT

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ETHNOGRAPHY PROJECT ASSIGNMENT
Tulane University
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
INDENTIFIABLE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF ILLNESSES IN
CHILDREN THE PERCEPTION OF THE PARENTS AND
CHILDCARE PROVIDERS
Formal Qualitative Methods - INHL 626

• Spring, 1998

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Introduction
Main research questions
1. What are perceptions of child care workers
and parents toward signs and symptoms of
children illnesses?
2. What are the identifiable signs and symptoms
in children that would cause a child care
worker not to keep the children in the center?
3. Are there any differences between the
perceptions of child care workers and parents
of the children who bring their kids to these
centers?
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Domain
signs and symptoms of illnesses in children from1
to 5 years of age perceived by parents and
childcare providers (CCP) in New Orleans
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Methods ...
1. Key Informant Interviewing 2. Direct
Observation 3. Free Listing 4. Pile Sorts 5.
Rank Order Method 6. Consensus Analysis 7.
Property Fitting Analysis (PROFIT)
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... Results
Most culturally cognizant signs
13 ear ache 14 irritability 15 stomach
ache 16 constipation 17 tired 18 rash 19 not
sleeping 20 cut 21 stuffy nose 22 wheezing 23
breathing difficulty 24 headache
1 fever 2 diarrhea 3 runny nose 4 coughing 5 v
omiting 6 crying 7 sore throat 8 not
eating 9 pink eye 10 pain 11 sneeze 12 quiet
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Aggregated Matrix of PILE SORTING data
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Signs and symptoms of illness in children(Multi
Dimensional Scaling - with 3 dimensions)WARNING
Only first 2 dimensions are plotted.STRESS 0.087



1.61




pink eye


0.99 fever

headache ear-ache sore-throat

breathing-difficulty
sneeze wheezing
coughing stuffy-nose runny-nose



rash
0.37 pain





cut





crying tired -0.25 quiet
not-sleeping


vomiting
irritability


diarrhea
stomach-ache not-eating


-0.87
constipation


-0.88 -0.30 0.28 0.86
1.44
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Hierarchical Clustering of 24 signs and symptoms
of illnesses used in Pile Sorting
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PROFIT LINE AND MULTI DIMENSIONAL SCALING



2.43











1.63



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18
V163
0.83 V11

V6
1 13
23
V20 7 22

4
20 24 211


V9
0.02
V8
0

V10





V19
V2
17 V13
-0.78 119

14 5
V1714
V1 2
V12 V18 15

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-0.79 -0.04 0.71
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The End