Considering the vignette technique and its application to a study of drug injecting and HIV risk and safer behaviour

Journal/Book: Sociol Health Ill. 1998; 20: 108 Cowley Rd, Oxford OX4 1JF, Oxon, England. Blackwell Publ Ltd. 381-400.

Abstract: Vignettes are stories generated from a range of sources including previous research findings. They make reference to important factors in the study of perceptions, beliefs and attitudes, Vignettes have primarily been used by psychologists in North America and used in quantitative surveys but more recently they have been used in a small number of qualitative studies. Drawing from a range of studies in the social sciences this paper considers the value of vignettes together with the difficulties associated with the technique. It introduces the technique in a study that explores drug injectors' perceptions of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk and safer behaviour inside and outside the prison system.

Note: Article Hughes R, Univ York, Dept Social Policy & Social Work, York YO1 5DD, N Yorkshire, ENGLAND

Keyword(s): vignette; methodology; HIV/AIDS; drug injectors; RAP MUSIC; ATTITUDES; VIOLENCE; PRISON; WOMEN; LIFE; AIDS

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