Dickson-Swift Virginia, James Erica L, Kippen Sandra, Liamputtong Pranee
School of Public Health, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.
Qual Health Res. 2008 Jan;18(1):133-44. doi: 10.1177/1049732307309007.
Traditionally, risk assessments in research have been limited to examining the risks to the research participants. Although doing so is appropriate and important, there is growing recognition that undertaking research can pose risks to researchers as well. A grounded theory study involving a range of researchers who had undertaken qualitative health research on a sensitive topic was completed. Analysis of the in-depth, face-to-face unstructured individual interviews with 30 Australian public health researchers provided evidence that researchers do confront a number of physical and emotional risks when undertaking research. Training, preparation, and supervision must be taken into account so that the risk to researchers can be minimized. Researchers need to consider occupational health and safety issues in designing research projects that deal with physical and emotional risks. Recommendations for professional supervision, policy development, and minimum training standards for researchers are provided.
传统上，研究中的风险评估仅限于考察对研究参与者的风险。虽然这样做是恰当且重要的，但人们越来越认识到开展研究也可能给研究人员带来风险。一项扎根理论研究完成了，该研究涉及一系列对敏感话题进行定性健康研究的研究人员。对30名澳大利亚公共卫生研究人员进行的深入、面对面、非结构化的个人访谈分析表明，研究人员在开展研究时确实面临一些身体和情感上的风险。必须考虑培训、准备和监督，以便将对研究人员的风险降至最低。研究人员在设计应对身体和情感风险的研究项目时需要考虑职业健康和安全问题。文中还提供了关于专业监督、政策制定以及研究人员最低培训标准的建议。
