与吸毒者进行社区驱动的研究:在多次流行病期间的虚拟项目
Sarah Brothers1, Caty Simon2,3,4, Louise Vincent2,3
1Department of Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
概括
这项研究适应了社区驱动的研究 (CDR) 在COVID-19期间的虚拟药物使用者研究. 修改后的CDR增强了弱势群体的社会学方法,改善了公共卫生政策.
科学领域:
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 数字人文学科 数字人文学科
背景情况:
- 社会学研究面临边缘化群体,特别是吸毒者障碍.
- COVID-19大流行加剧了这些挑战,限制了人身研究,增加了与药物相关的危害.
- 社区驱动的研究 (CDR) 提供了一个解决不信任和赋予边缘化社区在研究中的权力的模型.
研究的目的:
- 审查在COVID-19大流行期间与国家幸存者联盟一起开发和实施虚拟社区驱动研究 (CDR) 项目.
- 调整CDR模型用于药物使用研究,解决吸毒者面临的具体障碍.
- 扩大社会学方法的数字,公民科学,和社区参与的研究与弱势群体.
主要方法:
- 与全国幸存者联盟一起进行了为期29个月的虚拟CDR项目,涉及每周的在线会议,文本对话,电话和协作文档工作.
- 与直接受影响的个人共同开发研究方法,包括社区发起的研究问题和低门参与策略.
- 采用协作写作和共同撰写实践,优先考虑使用毒品的人的观点.
主要成果:
- 成功修改了CDR模型用于虚拟环境,克服了COVID-19大流行所带来的挑战.
- 与国家幸存者联盟建立了有效的共同发展和协作实践,确保了社区的领导力.
- 通过各种虚拟互动生成数据,反映使用毒品的人的生活经历.
结论:
- 修改后的CDR提供了创新的社会学方法,用于与犯罪和弱势群体进行数字和社区参与的研究.
- 这种方法促进了包容性奖学金,并可以为有效的公共卫生政策提供信息,以减少危害.
- 虚拟CDR是一种可行的策略,用于在公共卫生危机期间与边缘化人口进行研究.
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