Griffith Health Institute, Griffith University, Logan Campus, Meadowbrook, QLD 4131, Australia.
Health Place. 2012 Sep;18(5):1056-67. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.05.007. Epub 2012 May 31.
This paper introduces sensory ethnography as a methodology for studying residents' daily lived experience of social determinants of health (SDOH) in place. Sensory ethnography is an expansive option for SDOH research because it encourages participating researchers and residents to "turn up" their senses to identify how previously ignored or "invisible" sensory experiences shape local health and wellbeing. Sensory ethnography creates a richer and deeper understanding of the relationships between place and health than existing research methods that focus on things that are more readily observable or quantifiable. To highlight the methodology in use we outline our research activities and learnings from the Sensory Ethnography of Logan-Beaudesert (SELB) pilot study. We discuss theory, data collection methods, preliminary outcomes, and methodological learnings that will be relevant to researchers who wish to use sensory ethnography or develop deeper understandings of place and health generally.
本文介绍了感官民族志作为一种研究居民日常生活中社会决定因素（SDOH）的方法。感官民族志是 SDOH 研究的一个广泛选择，因为它鼓励参与研究的人员和居民“提高”他们的感官，以确定以前被忽视或“无形”的感官体验如何塑造当地的健康和幸福。与专注于更容易观察或量化的事物的现有研究方法相比，感官民族志更深入地了解了地方与健康之间的关系。为了突出使用的方法，我们概述了 Logan-Beaudesert（SELB）试点研究中的研究活动和学习成果。我们讨论了理论、数据收集方法、初步结果以及方法学方面的经验，这些经验将对希望使用感官民族志或更深入了解一般地方和健康的研究人员具有重要意义。
