Skinner D, Rendall K, Andrews G
Trauma Centre, Cape Town.
Curationis. 1997 Mar;20(1):21-5.
Community-based research is becoming more important, especially with the introduction of the RDP and the changing role of NGOs. Community surveys are a part of this new research approach. This paper enters the debate around the role and importance of surveys. A case study of a community survey done in Mfuleni by the Western Cape Community Partnership Project will be used to illustrate the points made. Key considerations are raised in terms of the potential for the community survey to be useful. These include the role of the survey in providing information and assisting in the process of the development of the project as a whole. In addition the cost effectiveness plus the ethical and political dimensions are considered. In the course of the survey important lessons were learned that could benefit others also doing research of this type. Issues raised include the importance of the presence of specific research skills being part of the team throughout the project, the importance of full negotiation of access, being clear in terms of objectives and the questions to be asked, sampling issues, problems of questions demanding memory recall, community participation and spreading of skills, and the dissemination of results.
基于社区的研究正变得越来越重要，尤其是随着重建与发展计划的推行以及非政府组织角色的转变。社区调查是这种新研究方法的一部分。本文参与了关于调查的作用和重要性的讨论。将以西开普社区伙伴关系项目在姆富莱尼进行的一项社区调查为例来说明所提出的观点。从社区调查可能有用的角度提出了关键考虑因素。这些因素包括调查在提供信息以及协助整个项目发展过程中的作用。此外，还考虑了成本效益以及伦理和政治层面。在调查过程中吸取了重要经验教训，这些经验教训可能对其他从事此类研究的人也有益。提出的问题包括在整个项目中团队具备特定研究技能的重要性、充分协商进入途径的重要性、明确目标和要问的问题、抽样问题、要求记忆回忆的问题所带来的问题、社区参与和技能传播以及结果的传播。
