Fraga Sílvia
EPIUnit - Institute of Public Health, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Porto Biomed J. 2016 May-Jun;1(2):77-80. doi: 10.1016/j.pbj.2016.04.005. Epub 2016 May 1.
Violence is a relevant public health issue. It is recognized as a sensitive topic to research and introduces challenges not usually found when dealing with other research topics. Researchers face a major challenge that is how to identify and measure violence as it occurs in the general population. This paper intends to discuss and raise awareness to some of the main methodological and ethical challenges related to violence research.
暴力是一个相关的公共卫生问题。它被公认为是一个研究敏感话题,并带来了处理其他研究主题时通常不会遇到的挑战。研究人员面临的一个主要挑战是如何识别和衡量普通人群中发生的暴力行为。本文旨在讨论并提高对暴力研究相关的一些主要方法和伦理挑战的认识。