Table 4 Quality assessment guidelines for qualitative studies
Author, year | Country (City) | Theoretical approach | Study design | Data collection | Validity | Analysis | Specific population | Definition of urban space | Definition of poverty/ vulnerability | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Appropriate approach | Clear aims | Adequate plan | Adequate sample & sampling | Definition of data collection, recording, transcription | Description of context, participants, biases | Triangulation | Richness of data | Coding process described | Findings are supported | |||||
Chan, DeMelo, Gingras, & Gucciardi (2015) [92] | Canada (Toronto) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Adults with diabetes | Area within a city | Low income level; food security |
Cotter, Teixeira, Bontrager, Horton, & Soriano (2017) [93] | United States (Washington) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Adults | Area within a city | Low socioeconomic level |
Crawford et al. (2014) [94] | Australia (Sydney) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Homeless 15 to 25 years old | Metropolitan area | Homelessness |
Dachner & Tarasuk (2002) [95] | Canada (Toronto) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Homeless youth above 16 years old | Area within a city | Homelessness |
de Morais Sato et al. (2017) [96] | Brazil (Santos) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Adult mothers | Area within a city | Poor area |
Dubowitz et al. (2007) [97] | United States (Multi-site) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✘ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Mothers | Metropolitan area | Poverty line/ poverty threshold |
Green-LaPierre et al. (2012) [98] | Canada (Nova Scotia) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Women 65 years of age or older | City | Low socioeconomic level |
Hammelman (2018) [99] | United States (Washington) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✘ | ✓ | ✘ | ✓ | Migrant women | Area within a city | Food security |
Leung et al. (2016) [100] | United States (New York City) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Youth 11 to 14 years old | Area within a city | Poor area |
Levay, Mumtaz, Faiz Rashid, & Willows (2013) [101] | Bangladesh (Dhaka) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Pregnant women and new mothers | Slum | Poor area |
McInvale Trejo & Shaw-Ridley (2019) [102] | Peru (Lima) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Dyad parent-child 3 to 4 years-old | Area within the city | Poor area |
Piaseu, Belza, & Shell-Duncan (2004) [103] | Thailand (Bangkok) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✘ | ✓ | Women 25 to 60 years old | Slum | Poor area |
Wicks, Trevena, & Quine (2006) [104] | Australia (Sydney) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✘ | ✓ | ✓ | Homeless and marginally housed adults | Area within a city | Food security |