RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Remote methods for research on violence against women and children: lessons and challenges from research during the COVID-19 pandemic
JF BMJ Global Health
JO BMJ Global Health
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP e008460
DO 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-008460
VO 7
IS 11
A1 Amiya Bhatia
A1 Ellen Turner
A1 Aggrey Akim
A1 Angel Mirembe
A1 Janet Nakuti
A1 Jenny Parkes
A1 Simone Datzberger
A1 Rehema Nagawa
A1 Mary Kung'u
A1 Hellen Babu
A1 Rhoda Kabuti
A1 Joshua Kimani
A1 Tara S Beattie
A1 Ana Flavia d'Oliveira
A1 Poonam Rishal
A1 Robert Nyakuwa
A1 Sadie Bell
A1 Paul Bukuluki
A1 Beniamino Cislaghi
A1 Clare Tanton
A1 Anne Conolly
A1 Catherine H Mercer
A1 Janet Seeley
A1 Loraine J Bacchus
A1 Karen Devries
YR 2022
UL http://gh.bmj.com/content/7/11/e008460.abstract
AB 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.Data sharing not applicable as no datasets generated and/or analysed for this study.