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"You know what I mean:" the ethical and methodological dilemmas and challenges for black researchers interviewing black families

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  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well

Abstract

In this article the author provides a reflexive account of my research experiences with families of African descent. She examines the ways in which, as a researcher of African descent, she became part of the research process. Using data from an ethnographic study that explored the healthy lifestyle experiences and attitudes of families and adolescents of African descent in the northwest of England, she presents a detailed discussion of the identity alteration, researcher–researched relationships, and insider–outsider tensions and dilemmas that arose while she collected data. The author argues that researchers working with participants with whom they share similar ethnicity and historical experiences are likely to find that their professional self and personal life experiences overlap, and there can be difficulties in keeping them separate.

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Output type

Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 1725-1735

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Qualitative Health Research (Volume 20, Issue 12)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 01/01/2010

Publication status

Published - 01/01/2010

ISSN

1049-7323

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/294166
  • Scopus: 78650152282

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