Advantages and Limitations of the e-Delphi Technique: Implications for Health Education Researchers

Autor/inn/en	Donohoe, Holly; Stellefson, Michael; Tennant, Bethany
Titel	Advantages and Limitations of the e-Delphi Technique: Implications for Health Education Researchers
Quelle	In: American Journal of Health Education, 43 (2012) 1, S.38-46 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1932-5037
Schlagwörter	Delphi Technique; Research Tools; Health Education; Research Methodology; Guidance; Internet; College Students; Surveys; Public Health; Health Behavior; Prevention; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Delphi-Methode; Forschungsmittel; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Beratung; Collegestudent; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Gesundheitswesen; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Prävention; Vorbeugung; USA
Abstract	In the last 30 years, the application of the Delphi technique has been increasing. With the recent availability and established popularity of Internet-based research tools, the Internet has been identified as a means for mitigating Delphi limitations, maximizing its advantages, and expanding the breadth of its application. The discourse on the application of "e-Delphi" has been speculative in nature, however, with pragmatic analysis of Internet-based Delphi administration being limited in scope. Concomitantly, methodological guidance for conducting the e-Delphi in health education is limited, with best-practice implementation strategies yet to emerge. This paper advances the understanding of the e-Delphi technique, contributes to the evolution of this Internet-based research methodology, and provides guidance for the e-Delphi researcher in health education. Further, it offers a contribution to the discourse about Internet-based inquiry generally, and on using the e-Delphi technique in health education specifically. The authors illustrate that e-Delphi has a range of benefits that are effective and efficient in assuaging traditional Delphi limitations; nevertheless, a set of methodological issues remain unaddressed and make apparent the need for future research investments to better understand and alleviate challenges presented for e-Delphi research in health education. (Contains 1 figure and 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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