Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
BMJ Glob Health. 2022 Nov;7(11). doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-008460.
Collecting data to understand violence against women and children during and after the COVID-19 pandemic is essential to inform violence prevention and response efforts. Although researchers across fields have pivoted to remote rather than in-person data collection, remote research on violence against women, children and young people poses particular challenges. As a group of violence researchers, we reflect on our experiences across eight studies in six countries that we redesigned to include remote data collection methods. We found the following areas were crucial in fulfilling our commitments to participants, researchers, violence prevention and research ethics: (1) designing remote data collection in the context of strong research partnerships; (2) adapting data collection approaches; (3) developing additional safeguarding processes in the context of remote data collection during the pandemic; and (4) providing remote support for researchers. We discuss lessons learnt in each of these areas and across the research design and implementation process, and summarise key considerations for other researchers considering remote data collection on violence.
收集数据以了解 COVID-19 大流行期间和之后针对妇女和儿童的暴力行为，对于为暴力预防和应对工作提供信息至关重要。尽管各个领域的研究人员都已转向远程数据收集，而非面对面数据收集，但针对妇女、儿童和青少年的远程暴力研究仍面临着特殊挑战。我们是一组暴力研究人员，在重新设计的包括远程数据收集方法的六项研究中，反思了在八个国家开展的研究经验。我们发现，以下领域对于履行对参与者、研究人员、暴力预防和研究伦理的承诺至关重要：（1）在强有力的研究伙伴关系背景下设计远程数据收集；（2）调整数据收集方法；（3）在大流行期间远程数据收集的背景下制定额外的保障措施；（4）为研究人员提供远程支持。我们讨论了在这些领域和整个研究设计及实施过程中吸取的经验教训，并总结了其他考虑进行暴力行为远程数据收集的研究人员的关键注意事项。
