Finding the Hidden Participant: Solutions for Recruiting Hidden, Hard-to-Reach, and Vulnerable Populations
Finding the Hidden Participant: Solutions for Recruiting Hidden, Hard-to-Reach, and Vulnerable Populations
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DOI：
10.1177/1609406915621420
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发表时间：
2015-12-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Crann, Sara E.
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作者：
Ellard-Gray, Amy;Jeffrey, Nicole K.;Crann, Sara E.
某些社会群体由于其社会或物理位置、脆弱性或其他隐藏的性质，研究人员往往难以接近。这篇独特的综述文章基于少量的相关文献和我们自己作为研究人员的经验，旨在为那些寻求将难以接触，隐藏和弱势群体纳入研究的人提供指导。我们对研究过程从研究设计的早期阶段到研究结果的传播提出了建议。所涵盖的主题包括参与者不信任的研究过程;社会，心理和身体的风险参与;参与者的资源限制;和固有的挑战，在非概率抽样，滚雪球抽样，和派生的融洽关系。本文为跨社会科学学科的定性研究人员提供了广泛的解决方案，试图研究各种不同的人群。
Certain social groups are often difficult for researchers to access because of their social or physical location, vulnerability, or otherwise hidden nature. This unique review article based on both the small body of relevant literature and our own experiences as researchers is meant as a guide for those seeking to include hard-to-reach, hidden, and vulnerable populations in research. We make recommendations for research process starting from early stages of study design to dissemination of study results. Topics covered include participant mistrust of the research process; social, psychological, and physical risks to participation; participant resource constraints; and challenges inherent in nonprobability sampling, snowball sampling, and derived rapport. This article offers broadly accessible solutions for qualitative researchers across social science disciplines attempting to research a variety of different populations.