Table 1.

Coding Form Used to Abstract Article Information

Data collection	Multiple codes acceptable
method	1 = Interviews
	2 = Archival materials (e.g., documents)
	3 = Focus groups
	4 = Observation
	5 = Quantitative methods (e.g. survey)
	6 = Not specified
Research design	Using Creswell and Creswell’s (2007) description of     qualitative research traditions
	1 = Single case study
	2 = Multiple case study (e.g., multistate or multiorganizational     study)
	3 = Ethnography
	4 = Grounded theory
	5 = Phenomenological study
	6 = Biography
	7 = Not specified (general qualitative)
Funding source	Multiple codes acceptable
	1 = Government (local, state, or federal)
	2 = Foundation or industry
	3 = Other (e.g., World Health Organization)
	4 = Not specified
Method details	Using Hoff and Witt’s (2000) categories
	1 = Extensive (discusses sampling, data collection, and     analysis methods)
	2 = Few details (methods discussion omits one or more of     the three items above)
	3 = No information given
Pages	Number of pages (not including responses or commentaries)
Main study     purpose	Following Hoff and Witt (2000), single code that best reflects     the study’s primary aim or major findings
	1 = Description (i.e., WHAT something is)
	2 = Process (i.e., HOW something unfolds over time)
	3 = Views/perspectives (i.e., what people THINK/BELIEVE     ought or could be)
	4 = Evaluation (i.e., formal evaluation framework)
	5 = Cause–effect (i.e., WHY something happens/happened)