Qualitative methodology for Pathfinder - Tracker
Pathfinder Pathfinder is an "add-on" study to a research project (host study) that uses a methodological strategy to map essential steps and fundamental indicators to help detect challenges and solutions. Additionally, it facilitates the capture and sharing of tools and techniques employed in the host study.
The purpose of this toolkit is to present how qualitative research can contribute to mapping the stages of the host study, in the most reliable way possible. In this way, we will present some qualitative research techniques and how they can be used in the Pathfinder methodology.
This toolkit is written by Laís Martins Costa Araujo, Soraida Aguilar, Letícia Marinho, Larissa Pruner Marques and Flávia Thedim Costa Bueno based on their experiences of setting up Pathfinder Studies at Fiocruz (The Global Health Network Latin America and the Caribbean) and with the collaboration of the Health Data Research Global (Agklinta Kiosia, Sally Boylan, Matthew Retford, Anne Wozencraft), icddr,b (Saimul Islam) and The Global Health Network - Oxford (Aashna Uppal, Frank Kagoro).