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Recruitment of Refugees for Health Research: A Qualitative Study to Add Refugees’ Perspectives

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  • Patricia Gabriel

    (Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada)

  • Janusz Kaczorowski

    (Department of Family and Emergency Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada)

  • Nicole Berry

    (Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada)

Abstract

Research is needed to understand refugees’ health challenges and barriers to accessing health services during settlement. However, there are practical and ethical challenges for engaging refugees as participants. Despite this, there have been no studies to date specifically investigating refugee perspectives on factors affecting engagement in health research. Language-concordant focus groups in British Columbia, Canada, with four government-assisted refugee language groups (Farsi/Dari, Somali, Karen, Arabic) inquired about willingness to participate in health research. Twenty-three variables associated with the willingness of refugees to participate in health research were elicited. Variables related to research design included recruitment strategies, characteristics of the research team members and the nature of the research. Variables related to individual participants included demographic features such as gender and education, attitudes towards research and previous experience with research. This research can be used to increase opportunities for refugees’ engagement in research and includes recommendations for subgroups of refugees that may have more difficulties engaging in research.

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  • Patricia Gabriel & Janusz Kaczorowski & Nicole Berry, 2017. "Recruitment of Refugees for Health Research: A Qualitative Study to Add Refugees’ Perspectives," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 14(2), pages 1-10, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:14:y:2017:i:2:p:125-:d:89058
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    1. Agata Vitale & Judy Ryde, 2018. "Exploring Risk Factors Affecting the Mental Health of Refugee Women Living with HIV," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(10), pages 1-18, October.
    2. Corie Gray & Roanna Lobo & Lea Narciso & Enaam Oudih & Praveena Gunaratnam & Rachel Thorpe & Gemma Crawford, 2019. "Why I Can’t, Won’t or Don’t Test for HIV: Insights from Australian Migrants Born in Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(6), pages 1-18, March.
    3. Sofie Buch Mejsner & Maria Kristiansen & Leena Eklund Karlsson, 2021. "Civil Servants and Non-Western Migrants’ Perceptions on Pathways to Health Care in Serbia—A Grounded Theory, Multi-Perspective Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(19), pages 1-17, September.
    4. Schippert, Ana Carla S.P. & Grov, Ellen Karine & Dahl-Michelsen, Tone & Silvola, Juha & Sparboe-Nilsen, Bente & Danielsen, Stein Ove & Lie, Irene & Bjørnnes, Ann Kristin, 2023. "Re-traumatization of torture survivors during treatment in somatic healthcare services: A mapping review and appraisal of literature presenting clinical guidelines and recommendations to prevent re-tr," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 323(C).
    5. Jimmy T. Efird & Pollie Bith-Melander, 2018. "Refugee Health: An Ongoing Commitment and Challenge," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(1), pages 1-3, January.

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