Hi All,
I have found it tricky to avoid the terminology of "difficult/hard to
reach". Would a better phrase be "marginalised communities"? That places
the emphasis on the social environment of the community rather than the
community itself maybe. But perhaps "marginalised" carries its own
stigmas...
Thanks
Mathew Smith
PhD Student
Glasgow University
On Wed, 29 Jan 2014 20:47:33 -0000, Joe Adigwe, Gozie wrote:
> Its funny this 'hard to reach' terminology. They are there, quite
> obviously. Services/professionals using this term don't regulary see
> them BUT if they're not using services etc - then its the latter
> that's hard to reach not the former. Go figure..
>
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> FROM: Jane Fountain [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
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> How long is it going to be before we stop using the phrase
> 'difficult/hard to reach/access'???
>
> It's health and social services that are difficult for some members
> of
> some populations to access. I don't like researchers using the phrase
> either, because although it leads to the development of some good
> methods, I have seen too much self-congratulation when they are
> successful ('Clever me, I accessed a hard-to reach community').
>
> Just to add that none of the above is meant to denigrate the many
> excellent services and research projects that there are out there.
>
> Jane
>
> Professor Jane Fountain
>
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> There is no such people or groups of people as "difficult to reach
> communities"
>
> at best it characterise people as being -"difficult" "they look after
> their own" ( there is no problem here) and at worst "demonised" and
> add to the current political and some media fodder of immigration,
> UKIP, BNP, etc.
>
> This type of thinking was prevalent in the 70s, 80s, and 90s -then
> phased out with various policy changes. - sad to see it returned,
> particularly with reference to people from the Caribbean.
>
> methodology and support may be good but message wrong.
>
> Albert.Persaud
>
> On 29 January 2014 13:14, Sarah Fry wrote:
>
>> Dear Colleague,
>>
>> I am doing a PhD at Cardiff University about perceptions of prostate
>> cancer risk in African and Caribbean men in South Wales.
>>
>> I plan to interview men from the African and Caribbean community in
>> Cardiff. I have started to make contact with the community by
>> volunteering for local events and spending time in community
>> centres. I am hoping this means I will not be a strange face when
>> the time comes to recruiting to my study. I am also meeting with
>> third sector organisations to make key contacts.
>>
>> This seems to be working well. Does anyone have any experience of
>> recruiting to a study using similar strategies and has it worked?
>>
>> Thank you for your help.
>>
>> Sarah
>>
>> Sarah Fry
>> PhD Researcher / Oncology Research Nurse
>> School of Health Care Sciences
>> College of Biomedical and Life Sciences
>> Cardiff University
>> 7th Floor, EastGate House
>> 35-43 Newport Road
>> Cardiff
>> CF24 0AB
>>
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