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and the implications of participation (National Health and Medical Research Council, 2007). The collection of qualitative data guidelines stipulated by the NHMRC was adhered to throughout the study. As qualitative research involves enquiry and investigation into people’s lives, experiences and behaviours (Denzin & Lincoln, 2000), the values and principle outlined in Section 3.1, such as merit and integrity, justice, beneficence, and respect were maintained. The storage of data collected throughout the study is in alignment with the recommendations of Section 3.2 of the NHMRC databanks. The principles including merit and integrity, data usage and consent were followed and storage of data is in accordance with James Cook University Ethics requirements for data storage. During the study all data were stored securely in the office of the researcher. Once the study is concluded, the data will be gathered together, labelled referrable to the researcher, date for destruction and placed in a secure location for the period required by the NHMRC. The Institutional requirements outlined in Section 5.1 of the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research were maintained throughout this study and most importantly the welfare and decisions of the participants was considered at all times. 5.6 Overview The rest of the chapter outlines and discusses data collection and analysis. This part of the research process required a number of progressive and ‘ordered’ steps to be undertaken. The steps are both sequential and iterative. Hence Figure 5.1 illustrates the overarching or generalised sequence of methods undertaken in the study. It does not diagrammatically illustrate the need for the researcher to ‘go back and forth’ checking, clarifying, rechecking, ensuring, inspecting and re-analysing data at various stages of data