Community researchers conducting health disparities research: Ethical and other insights from fieldwork journaling

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 145-152

  Mosavel, Maghboeba ^a   Ahmed, Rashid ^b   Daniels, Doria ^c   Simon, Christian ^d  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Challenges; Community based participatory research (CBPR); Community researchers; Community engaged research; Ethics; Fieldwork; Journals; Peer researchers; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DISEASE TREATMENT; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; METHODOLOGY; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PERCEPTION; RESEARCH WORK; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH ETHICS; SOUTH AFRICA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SOUTH AFRICA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; WRITING; YOUNG ADULT;

CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 79959582077     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.04.029     Document Type: Article

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