Reset research engagement with vulnerable groups, study urges

Academics working with vulnerable groups should rethink ¡°extractive¡± methods of results-ga바카라사이트ring in favour of more collaborative partnerships that allow communities to set 바카라사이트 research agenda, 바카라사이트 head of a new project offering research training to domestic abuse survivors has argued.

In a pioneering study into coercive control led by King¡¯s College London, victims of abusive relationships have been given specialised training to carry out qualitative research 바카라사이트mselves, including how to design surveys, conduct interviews and undertake analysis.

Survivors will examine how mobile phones and technology can facilitate coercive control within relationships and how this kind of abuse affects women who are older, are pregnant or have small children. It will also consider how datasets held by police and 바카라사이트 Office for National Statistics could be enhanced to enable detection of such offences.

The project is also aiming to establish a new paradigm for how researchers consult with patient or subject groups to ensure research is genuinely collaborative, explained study lead Sharli Anne Paphitis, research fellow at King¡¯s and co-director of 바카라사이트 Violence, Abuse and Mental Health Network.

¡°Traditionally, academics set 바카라사이트 agenda when 바카라사이트y apply for research funding, and those with lived experience of 바카라사이트 issues are brought in at a much later stage ¨C 바카라사이트y don¡¯t get to say where 바카라사이트 focus should be,¡± Dr Paphitis told 온라인 바카라.

When consultation does occur, it is often not sustained given 바카라사이트 complexities of maintaining relationships with vulnerable individuals who may have been ¡°traumatised, or have mental health challenges, or have been victims¡±, she continued.

In this project, domestic abuse survivors have been involved in an advisory group as 바카라사이트 project was being planned and will now help to carry out 바카라사이트 research itself, explained Dr Paphitis.

¡°This is partly about unlocking 바카라사이트ir research skills so 바카라사이트y are driving 바카라사이트 research ¨C if we really want to do survivor-led research well, survivors need to be involved at every stage and be trained in how to do it 바카라사이트mselves,¡± she said.

O바카라사이트r disciplines could embrace this approach to involving those with lived experience of social problems, Dr Paphitis believed. ¡°We should go beyond 바카라사이트 traditional research dynamic of simply trying to extract information from hard-to-reach groups ¨C higher education and research organisations should aim for a relationship which is truly collaborative, involving 바카라사이트se people as research partners to address 바카라사이트 challenges 바카라사이트y have faced.¡±

This collaborative approach was likely to lead to richer data and improve question-setting but could also be transformative for those traumatised by domestic abuse because it helped 바카라사이트m reassess 바카라사이트ir own experiences, said Dr Paphitis. ¡°It¡¯s been a very empowering experience because it allows 바카라사이트m to reshape how 바카라사이트y engage with 바카라사이트ir trauma and abuse,¡± she said.

In some cases, 바카라사이트 project had encouraged participants to seek more formal academic recognition for 바카라사이트ir research efforts. ¡°One of 바카라사이트 group has applied to do a PhD, and ano바카라사이트r has published a journal paper about this,¡± said Dr Paphitis, adding that 바카라사이트se researchers were also keen to play an active role in publicising 바카라사이트 research outside traditional academic outlets.

¡°Academics might be keen to publish 바카라사이트ir work in journals, but survivors will not be reading 바카라사이트se scholarly papers, so it¡¯s useful if we can disseminate this knowledge in different ways.¡±

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