2.4.2. Qualitative Responses
Three authors conducted the analyses using thematic qualitative analysis. Two members of the research team independently read through all responses (TS and YG) and created codes to represent the major themes that arose from the responses. One author read all responses in English and Spanish, and the second author read responses in English (using translated versions of the Spanish responses). Using an iterative process, we developed a codebook from these codes and then independently coded all responses using the codebook. Discrepancies were discussed with modification of the codebook with the two coders and the principal investigator. We performed thematic analysis of the 111 unique responses that covered a variety of COVID-19 pandemic experiences. We identified salient themes, as well as specific topics that emerged from multiple participants.