Researching sensitive issues and ethnicity: Lessons from sexual health
Researching sensitive issues and ethnicity: Lessons from sexual health
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DOI：
10.1080/13557850303557
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发表时间：
2003-02-01
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Fenton, KA
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作者：
Elam, G;Fenton, KA
研究人员通常都知道需要调整他们的研究方法，以尽量减少敏感性的影响。然而，对种族或少数民族受访者的研究是否需要不同的考虑？本文提供了深入了解作者使用的策略，以解决性健康和种族的定性和定量研究中的敏感性。本文以这些研究中的例子为例，论证了李的敏感性模型的相关性，并考察了种族可能在研究过程中为我们理解、识别和限制敏感性的能力增加进一步维度的方式。这篇论文确定了研究人员可用于处理一般敏感性的技术，以及那些可能对研究少数民族人口中的敏感话题有用的技术。本文的结论是，鉴于种族和敏感性的过渡和背景性质，解决后者的公式化方法是不合适的。相反，最好的策略是与研究团体合作制定的。
Researchers are generally familiar with the need to adapt their research methods in order to minimise the impact of sensitivity. However, are different considerations required for studies of ethnicity or with ethnic minority respondents? This paper provides insight into strategies used by the authors to tackle sensitivity in qualitative and quantitative research studies of sexual health and ethnicity. Drawing on examples from these studies, the paper demonstrates the relevance of Lee's model of sensitivity, and examines ways in which ethnicity may add further dimensions to our ability to understand, identify and limit sensitivity in the research process. The paper identifies techniques available to researchers for handling sensitivity in general, as well as those that may be useful for researching sensitive topics among ethnic minority populations. The paper concludes that, given the transitional and contextual nature of ethnicity and sensitivity, formulaic approaches for tackling the latter are inappropriate. Instead, strategies are best developed in collaboration with the study communities.