Communication about environmental health risks: A systematic review

Fitzpatrick-Lewis, Donna; Yost, Jennifer; Ciliska, Donna; Krishnaratne, Shari

doi:10.1186/1476-069X-9-67

Environmental Health

Table 2 Quality assessment results for qualitative relevant studies (n = 3)

From: Communication about environmental health risks: A systematic review

STUDY	Eisenman et al.[3]	Blanchard et al.[19]	Perez-Lugo [20]
S TUDY P URPOSE
Was the purpose and/or research question stated clearly?	Yes	Yes	Yes
L ITERATURE
Was relevant background literature reviewed?	Yes	No	Yes
S TUDY D ESIGN
What was the design?	Grounded theory	Qualitative description	Qualitative description
Was a theoretical perspective identified?	Yes	No	No
Method(s) used:	Interviews	Focus group	Interviews
S AMPLING
Was the process of purposeful selection described?	Yes	No	Yes
Was sampling done until redundancy in data was reached?	Not addressed	Not addressed	Not addressed
Was informed consent obtained?	Yes	Not addressed	Not addressed
D ATA C OLLECTION
D ESCRIPTIVE C LARITY: Clear and complete description of site	No	No	No
Clear and complete description of participants	Yes	No	Yes
Role of researcher and relationship with participants	No	No	No
Identification of assumptions and biases of researcher	No	No	No
P ROCEDURE R IGOUR: Was procedural rigour used in data collection strategies?	Not addressed	Yes	No
D ATA A NALYSIS
A NALYTICAL R IGOUR: Were data analyses inductive?	Yes	Yes	No
A NALYTICAL R IGOUR: Were findings consistent with and reflective of data?	Yes	Yes	Yes
A UDITABILITY: Was decision trial developed?	Yes	Not addressed	No
Was the process of analyzing the data described adequately?	Yes	Yes	No
T HEORETICAL C ONNECTIONS: Did a meaningful picture of the phenomenon under study emerge?	No	No	No
O VERALL R IGOUR: Was there evidence of the four components of trustworthiness?	Yes	Yes	Yes
Credibility	Yes	Yes	No
Transferability	Yes	Yes	No
Dependability	Yes	Yes	No
Confirmability	Yes	Yes	Yes
C ONCLUSIONS AND I MPLICATIONS: Were the conclusions appropriate given the study findings?	Yes	Yes	Yes
DO T he findings contribute to theory development and future practice/research?	Yes	Yes	Yes

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