Sinem Toraman Turk, PhD
she/her/hers
Associate Research Scientist in Public Health (Health Policy)
Research & Publications
Biography
Research Summary
Dr. Toraman Turk's research focuses on addressing health disparities in different contexts and advancing qualitative and mixed methods research methodologies. She is specifically interested in disparities in research participation, access to healthcare, and root causes of health disparities. Her methodological interests involve examining qualitative and mixed methods research applications and training practices. Her work involves a variety of research and evaluation projects that apply cutting-edge methodologies across the fields of education, health sciences, psychology, and social work.
Public Health Interests
e-Health; Health Equity, Disparities, Social Determinants and Justice; Qualitative Methods
Selected Publications
- Assessing quality in mixed methods research: Concepts, frameworks, and criteriaFàbregues, S., Escalante-Barrios, E. L., Toraman Turk, S., Guetterman, T. C., & Fetters, M. D. (2023). Chapter 6: Assessing quality in mixed methods research: concepts, frameworks, and criteria. In R. Cameron & X. Golenko (Eds.) Handbook of Mixed Methods Research in Business and Management (pp. 76-93). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800887954.00013
- Review of the book Mixing methods in social research: Qualitative, quantitative, and combined methods by R. HallToraman, S. (2022). [Review of the book Mixing methods in social research: Qualitative, quantitative, and combined methods by R. Hall]. Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 1-3. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/15586898221077567
- “I Don’t Want My Child to be a Guinea Pig”: Reasons for non-participation in a parental tobacco cessation trial in the pediatric emergency department settingToraman Turk, S., Merianos, A. L., Stone, L., Schnadower, D., Bouvay, K., & Mahabee-Gittens, E. M. (2023). “I Don’t Want My Child to be a Guinea Pig”: Reasons for non-participation in a parental tobacco cessation trial in the pediatric emergency department setting. Toxics, 11, 655. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11080655
- Crossing borders: Challenges of refugee womenOzturk, B., Yalim. A. C., & Toraman, S. (2021). Crossing borders: Challenges of refugee women. In F. Nyemba & R. Chitiyo (Eds.), Immigrant women’s voices and integrating feminism into migration theory (pp. 195 – 213). IGI Global. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4664-2.ch011
- Distinguishing clinical and research risks in pragmatic clinical trials: The need for further stakeholder engagementWilfond, B. S., Toraman Turk, S., Kraft, S. A., Weiss, E. M., Tarr, P. I., Schnadower, D., & Freedman, S. B. (2023). Distinguishing clinical and research risks in pragmatic clinical trials: The need for further stakeholder engagement. American Journal of Bioethics, 23(8), 39-42. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2023.2217146
- Reflections about intersecting mixed methods research with social network analysisToraman, S., & Plano Clark, V. L. (2020). Reflections about intersecting mixed methods research with social network analysis. In D. E. Froehlich, M. Rehm, & B. Rienties (Eds.), Mixed methods social network analysis: Theories and methodologies in learning and education (pp. 175 – 188). Routledge. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429056826
- Teaching presence in online courses: Similar perceptions but different experiences from multiple instructor perspectivesTurk, M., Müftüoğlu, A.C., Toraman, S., (2021). Teaching presence in online courses: Similar perceptions but different experiences from multiple instructor perspectives. Online Learning Journal, 25(4), 156-177. https://doi.org/10.24059/olj.v25i4.2885
- Graduate students’ current practices for writing a mixed methods research study abstract: An examination of doctoral dissertation and master’s thesis abstracts in the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses GlobalTM databaseToraman, S., Cox, K., Plano Clark, V. L., & Dariotis, J. K. (2020). Graduate students’ current practices for writing a mixed methods research study abstract: An examination of doctoral dissertation and master’s thesis abstracts in the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses GlobalTM database. International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches, 12(1), 110-128. https://doi.org/10.29034/ijmra.v12n1a4
- History and advances in mixed methods research in psychologyPlano Clark, V. L., Wang, S., & Toraman, S. (2020). History and advances in mixed methods research in psychology. In A. Schweizer, M. del Rio Carral, M. Santiago-Delefosse (Eds.), Les méthodes mixtes en psychologie. analyses quantitatives et qualitatives: de la théorie à la pratique (pp. 21 – 41) [Mixed methods in psychology. quantitative and qualitative analyses: from theory to practice]. Dunod.
- Applying qualitative and mixed methods research in family psychologyPlano Clark, V. L., Wang, S. C., & Toraman, S. (2019). Applying qualitative and mixed methods research in family psychology. In B. Fiese, K. Deater-Deckard, M. Celano, E. Jouriles, & M. Whisman (Eds.), APA handbook of contemporary family psychology (Vol. 1, pp. 317-333). American Psychological Association. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0000099-018
- An observational study of children's behaviors across two playgrounds: Similarities and differencesStanton-Chapman, T., Toraman, S., Morrison, A., Dariotis, J., & Schmidt, E. (2018). An observational study of children's behaviors across two playgrounds: Similarities and differences. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 44, 114-123. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2018.03.007
- Intersection of mixed methods and community-based participatory research: A methodological reviewDeJonckheere, M., Lindquist-Grantz, R., Toraman, S., Haddad, K., & Vaughn, L. (2018). Intersection of mixed methods and community-based participatory research: A methodological review. Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 13(4), 481-502. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1558689818778469
- Federal funding for mixed methods research in the health sciences in the United States: Recent trendsCoyle, C. E., Schulman-Green, D., Feder, S., Toraman, S., Prust, M. L., Plano Clark, V. L., & Curry, L. (2018). Federal funding for mixed methods research in the health sciences in the United States: Recent trends. Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 12(3), 305-324. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1558689816662578