Dimensions of Researcher Vulnerability in Qualitative Health Research and Recommendations for Future Practice

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Autor(a) principal: Sterie, Anca-Cristina
Data de Publicação: 2023
Outros Autores: Potthoff, Sarah, Erdmann, Anke, Burner-Fritsch, Isabel Sophie, Oyine Aluh, Deborah, Schneiders, Mira L.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/159336
Resumo: Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this paper: This work was supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (no. 01GP2191). Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2023.
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spelling Dimensions of Researcher Vulnerability in Qualitative Health Research and Recommendations for Future Practiceautoethnographyethicshealthcare researchqualitative researchreflexivityvulnerabilityEducationSDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong InstitutionsFunding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this paper: This work was supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (no. 01GP2191). Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2023.Vulnerability has typically been addressed in the context of research ethics from the point of view of participants, with a focus on how to prevent the potential or exacerbation of existing harm caused by the power and role asymmetries between researchers and participants. However, more recent approaches to research ethics question whether researchers are, by definition, located in a privileged position during the research process and safe from any kind of vulnerability. In line with this, we reflect on the dimensions of researcher vulnerability specific to studies using a qualitative methodology in health research. Our argument is that participants and researchers should be on the receiving end of efforts to implement ethical procedures and protection from harm. Based on the autoethnographic analysis of our experiences as qualitative health researchers, this paper aims to identify dimensions of researcher vulnerability, and draw out relevant recommendations for practice. The reflections upon which this paper is based emerged during a spring school focusing on research ethics in qualitative health research, during which we discussed situations from our own research experience which left us feeling vulnerable. We identify four dimensions related to the experience of vulnerability (reciprocity; emotional labor; application of ethical standards; reversed power asymmetries) and five crosscutting aspects relating to these dimensions (researching sensitive topics; researching in contexts of vulnerability, poverty and structural violence; being a novice; lacking adequate support; insufficient time and space for ethical reflexivity). Our recommendations address particular challenges for these dimensions, and center on the role of reflexivity, as one of the cornerstones for enabling ethical qualitative research practice, requiring us to acknowledge and address our own vulnerability and positionality. Autoethnographic exercises are particularly useful for zooming in on ethically important moments in research related to researcher vulnerability and fruitful for identifying resources to respond to such challenges in the future.NOVA Medical School|Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (NMS|FCM)Comprehensive Health Research Centre (CHRC) - pólo NMSRUNSterie, Anca-CristinaPotthoff, SarahErdmann, AnkeBurner-Fritsch, Isabel SophieOyine Aluh, DeborahSchneiders, Mira L.2023-10-27T22:21:42Z2023-012023-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/159336eng1609-4069PURE: 74314820https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069231183600info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T05:41:46Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/159336Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:57:29.532963Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Dimensions of Researcher Vulnerability in Qualitative Health Research and Recommendations for Future Practice
title Dimensions of Researcher Vulnerability in Qualitative Health Research and Recommendations for Future Practice
spellingShingle Dimensions of Researcher Vulnerability in Qualitative Health Research and Recommendations for Future Practice
Sterie, Anca-Cristina
autoethnography
ethics
healthcare research
qualitative research
reflexivity
vulnerability
Education
SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
title_short Dimensions of Researcher Vulnerability in Qualitative Health Research and Recommendations for Future Practice
title_full Dimensions of Researcher Vulnerability in Qualitative Health Research and Recommendations for Future Practice
title_fullStr Dimensions of Researcher Vulnerability in Qualitative Health Research and Recommendations for Future Practice
title_full_unstemmed Dimensions of Researcher Vulnerability in Qualitative Health Research and Recommendations for Future Practice
title_sort Dimensions of Researcher Vulnerability in Qualitative Health Research and Recommendations for Future Practice
author Sterie, Anca-Cristina
author_facet Sterie, Anca-Cristina
Potthoff, Sarah
Erdmann, Anke
Burner-Fritsch, Isabel Sophie
Oyine Aluh, Deborah
Schneiders, Mira L.
author_role author
author2 Potthoff, Sarah
Erdmann, Anke
Burner-Fritsch, Isabel Sophie
Oyine Aluh, Deborah
Schneiders, Mira L.
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv NOVA Medical School|Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (NMS|FCM)
Comprehensive Health Research Centre (CHRC) - pólo NMS
RUN
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Sterie, Anca-Cristina
Potthoff, Sarah
Erdmann, Anke
Burner-Fritsch, Isabel Sophie
Oyine Aluh, Deborah
Schneiders, Mira L.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv autoethnography
ethics
healthcare research
qualitative research
reflexivity
vulnerability
Education
SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
topic autoethnography
ethics
healthcare research
qualitative research
reflexivity
vulnerability
Education
SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
description Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this paper: This work was supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (no. 01GP2191). Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2023.
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