Sunday, May 20, 2012

Monday 5/21 Plan

Change of Location
Not surprisingly, there's already been a change in my research plans. (Things tend to be a little unreliable here.) After talking with the family I'm staying with, I've decided that I will try to do my interviews with community members in a different barrio. Here's why:
  1. It's closer--I can walk and/or take a quick motochonco ride down there without navigating the bus system
  2. They receive many more medical teams in a given year than Consuelo (6-7 as opposed to 1) 
  3. I already know several families in that community, which hopefully means that they will be more willing to talk to me and/or refer me to friends
The only potential complication I see is that they may be less willing to be honest about negative aspects of STMMs since they receive so many.  This means that I will need to be sure to assure them that their responses will be confidential and that my research will not change their ability to access medical care.

Plan for Tomorrow
Since elections just happened today, it's likely that everyone will stay at home tomorrow as well. Therefore, I'm going to take the day to get organized. Here's what I want to accomplish:
  • Go over my translated recruitment script, consent script and interview questions with Dan and Shana to make sure that everything means what I think it does and that I am using culturally appropriate language
  • Get feedback from Dan and Shana about the best way to approach people about interviewing them
  • Call the doctors I want to interview and set up a time to met with them
  • Get in touch with Pastor Alex and other people from the barrio to let them know what I plan on doing
  • Print materials that I need
  • Get a cell phone

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