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Peer Review Status: Refereed
Title: Improving reporting of meta-ethnography: The eMERGe reporting guidance
Author(s): France, Emma F
Cunningham, Maggie
Ring, Nicola
Uny, Isabelle
Duncan, Edward A S
Jepson, Ruth G
Maxwell, Margaret
Roberts, Rachel J
Turley, Ruth L
Booth, Andrew
Britten, Nicky
Flemming, Kate
Gallagher, Ian
Garside, Ruth
Hannes, Karin
Keywords: Guideline
meta‐ethnography
nursing
publication standards
qualitative evidence synthesis
qualitative research
reporting
research design
systematic review
Issue Date: Jun-2019
Date Deposited: 15-Jan-2019
Citation: France EF, Cunningham M, Ring N, Uny I, Duncan EAS, Jepson RG, Maxwell M, Roberts RJ, Turley RL, Booth A, Britten N, Flemming K, Gallagher I, Garside R & Hannes K (2019) Improving reporting of meta-ethnography: The eMERGe reporting guidance. <i>Review of Education</i>, 7 (2), pp. 430-451. https://doi.org/10.1002/rev3.3147
Abstract: The aim of this study was to provide guidance to improve the completeness and clarity of meta‐ethnography reporting. Evidence‐based policy and practice require robust evidence syntheses which can further understanding of people's experiences and associated social processes. Meta‐ethnography is a rigorous seven‐phase qualitative evidence synthesis methodology, developed by Noblit and Hare. Meta‐ethnography is used widely in health research, but reporting is often poor quality and this discourages trust in and use of its findings. Meta‐ethnography reporting guidance is needed to improve reporting quality. The eMERGe study used a rigorous mixed‐methods design and evidence‐based methods to develop the novel reporting guidance and explanatory notes. The study, conducted from 2015 to 2017, comprised of: (1) a methodological systematic review of guidance for meta‐ethnography conduct and reporting; (2) a review and audit of published meta‐ethnographies to identify good practice principles; (3) international, multidisciplinary consensus‐building processes to agree guidance content; (4) innovative development of the guidance and explanatory notes. Recommendations and good practice for all seven phases of meta‐ethnography conduct and reporting were newly identified leading to 19 reporting criteria and accompanying detailed guidance.The bespoke eMERGe Reporting Guidance, which incorporates new methodological developments and advances the methodology, can help researchers to report the important aspects of meta‐ethnography. Use of the guidance should raise reporting quality. Better reporting could make assessments of confidence in the findings more robust and increase use of meta‐ethnography outputs to improve practice, policyand service user outcomes in health and other fields. This is the first tailored reporting guideline for meta‐ethnography.
DOI Link: 10.1002/rev3.3147
Rights: © 2019 The Authors. Review of Education published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Educational Research Association. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
Notes: Additional co-authors: Simon Lewin, George W Noblit, Catherine Pope, James Thomas, Meredith Vanstone, Gina M A Higginbottom, Jane Noyes
Licence URL(s): http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

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