Meta-ethnography
Reporting Guidance

The eMERGe Project

We are carrying out the eMERGe project to improve the way researchers report meta-ethnographies and to ensure that the best use is made of research evidence for the benefit of people who use health and social care services

What is meta-ethnography?

Meta-ethnography is a respected and thorough qualitative synthesis method following 7 steps in which researchers select, analyse and interpret qualitative studies though a process of translation in order to answer focused questions on a specific topic and gain new insights.

Background

Developed by Noblit and Hare, in the 1980s. They designed the approach to address the inability of an aggregative synthesis of five ethnographic studies to explain the failure of racial desegregation in schools.

Project Team

News

Thursday, 01 August 2019 - eMERGe reporting guidance now available in Spanish & Chinese!

Monday, 25 March 2019 - eMERGing link with Evidence Synthesis Ireland

Tuesday, 19 February 2019 - New publication explores how to do the tricky analysis and synthesis in a meta-ethnography

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Publications

A methodological systematic review of meta-ethnography conduct to articulate the complex analytical phases (BMC Medical Research Methodology)

Improving reporting of Meta-Ethnography: The eMERGe Reporting Guidance (BMC Medical Research Methodology)

NIHR eMERGe Project Report: Developing a reporting guideline to improve meta-ethnography in health research: the eMERGe mixed-methods study

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