Design strategies from sexual exploitation and sex work studies among women and girls: Methodological considerations in a hidden and vulnerable population
Design strategies from sexual exploitation and sex work studies among women and girls: Methodological considerations in a hidden and vulnerable population
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DOI：
10.1177/1476750316630387
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发表时间：
2017-06-01
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1.9
通讯作者：
Nichols, Andrea
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作者：
Gerassi, Lara;Edmond, Tonya;Nichols, Andrea
对性贩卖、卖淫、性工作和性剥削的研究涉及许多方法论问题和挑战。研究人员的研究设计必须考虑到与这一脆弱和隐藏的人群相关的许多安全问题。社区咨询委员会和主要利益相关者的参与对于研究设计至关重要，以增加参与者的安全性、研究目标的有用性和结论的意义。在研究受剥削的妇女和女童时，最常使用非随机抽样战略，因为这些妇女和女童有能力提供丰富的数据，需要复杂的抽样和招募方法。本文回顾了当前研究这一边缘化人口的方法问题，以及在与社区合作以实现社会变革的同时应对挑战的战略。作者还讨论了自己与社区组织合作开展这一领域研究的经验。
The study of sex trafficking, prostitution, sex work, and sexual exploitation is associated with many methodological issues and challenges. Researchers' study designs must consider the many safety issues related to this vulnerable and hidden population. Community advisory boards and key stakeholder involvement are essential to study design to increase safety of participants, usefulness of study aims, and meaningfulness of conclusions. Nonrandomized sampling strategies are most often utilized when studying exploited women and girls, which have the capacity to provide rich data and require complex sampling and recruitment methods. This article reviews the current methodological issues when studying this marginalized population as well as strategies to address challenges while working with the community in order to bring about social change. The authors also discuss their own experiences in collaborating with community organizations to conduct research in this field.