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The Life History Interview Method: Applications to Intervention Development

Roberta Goldman, PhD

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Department of Adult Oncology, Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Health and Social Behavior, and Brown Medical School, Department of Family Medicine

Mary Kay Hunt, RD, MPH

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Department of Adult Oncology

Jennifer Dacey Allen, MPH, DSc

Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Health and Social Behavior

Sonia Hauser, RN, MPH

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Department of Adult Oncology

Karen Emmons, PhD

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Department of Adult Oncology, and Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Health and Social Behavior

Marcio Maeda, MS, MPH

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Department of Adult Oncology

Glorian Sorensen, PhD

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Department of Adult Oncology, and Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Health and Social Behavior

There is an urgent need to develop and test health promotion strategies that both address health disparities and elucidate the full impact of social, cultural, economic, institutional, and political elements on people's lives. Qualitative research methods, such as life history interviewing, are well suited to exploring these factors. Qualitative methods are also helpful for preparing field staff to implement a social contextual approach to health pro-motion. This article reports results and application of findings of life history interviews conducted as part of intervention planning for the Harvard Cancer Prevention Program Project, "Cancer Prevention in Working-Class, Multi-Ethnic Populations." The salient themes that emerged from interviews with a multi-ethnic, purposive sample are centered on six construct domains: immigration and social status, social support, stress, food, physical activity, and occupational health. Insights gained from thematic analysis of the interviews were integrated throughout intervention and materials development processes.

Key Words: qualitative research • life history method • multicultural • intervention

Health Education & Behavior, Vol. 30, No. 5, 564-581 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/1090198103254393
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