Data Analysis
Data were analyzed concurrently with data
collection. Transcripts were analyzed using the
process of thematic analysis established by Marshall
and Rossman (1999). Thematic analysis is the
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process where the researcher recognizes themes and
patterns within data. The researcher read each
transcript several times to feel, understand and
organize the data. The researcher then coded the data
according to the type of needs, concerns, and feelings
of participants. The relationship between these codes
were identified and subsequently categorized into
themes that represent the data. Finally, the researcher
described each theme exhaustively and wrote the
final relationship between themes. Themes were
internally convergent and externally divergent
meaning that each code falls only into one theme
making that theme distinct from other structures
(Silverman, 2005).