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

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dc.contributor.authorSterie, Anca Cristina
dc.contributor.authorSterie, Anca-Cristina
dc.contributor.authorPotthoff, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorPotthoff, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorErdmann, Anke
dc.contributor.authorErdmann, Anke
dc.contributor.authorBurner-Fritsch, Isabel Sophie
dc.contributor.authorBurner-Fritsch, Isabel Sophie
dc.contributor.authorOyine Aluh, Deborah
dc.contributor.authorSchneiders, Mira L.
dc.contributor.institutionNOVA Medical School|Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (NMS|FCM)
dc.contributor.institutionComprehensive Health Research Centre (CHRC) - pólo NMS
dc.contributor.pblSAGE Publications
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-27T22:21:42Z
dc.date.available2023-10-27T22:21:42Z
dc.date.issued2023-01
dc.descriptionFunding 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.
dc.description.abstractVulnerability 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.en
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dc.description.versionpublished
dc.format.extent615954
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/16094069231183600
dc.identifier.issn1609-4069
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 74314820
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: 60f26efb-a88e-428a-b8db-c942a6b1a92e
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 85163593228
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/159336
dc.identifier.urlhttps://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85163593228
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.subjectautoethnography
dc.subjectethics
dc.subjecthealthcare research
dc.subjectqualitative research
dc.subjectreflexivity
dc.subjectvulnerability
dc.subjectEducation
dc.subjectSDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
dc.titleDimensions of Researcher Vulnerability in Qualitative Health Research and Recommendations for Future Practiceen
dc.typejournal article
degois.publication.titleInternational Journal of Qualitative Methods
degois.publication.volume22
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