Documenting the challenges of conducting research on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of persons with disabilities in a lowand-middle income country setting: Lessons from Bangladesh
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10361-166722022-05-25T21:01:39Z Documenting the challenges of conducting research on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of persons with disabilities in a lowand-middle income country setting: Lessons from Bangladesh Amin, Amina Das, Adity Shayontony Kaiser, Adrita Azmi, Raia Rashid, Sabina Faiz Hasan, Md Tanvir Brac James P. Grant School of Public Health Challenges of conducting research Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Disabilities Low Middle Income country Bangladesh This article was published in BMJ Global Health by BMJ Journals [© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.] and the definite version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002904 The Journal's website is at: https://gh.bmj.com/content/5/12/e002904 Research has shown that persons with disabilities require greater sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care and services than persons without disabilities. However, this need is often neglected in most of the low-and-middleincome countries including Bangladesh. There is also a dearth of research and data relevant to this issue. A nationwide mixed-methods research has been conducted to explore persons with disabilities’ specific sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) needs, health seeking behaviour related to SRH and barriers in accessing SRH services, along with the associated factors that influence their SRH outcomes. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the challenges encountered by the researchers while conducting this research and the strategies adopted to resolve those challenges. Some of the challenges experienced by the researchers include development of appropriate tools with questions on sensitive SRHR topics, obtaining informed consent, difficulty to maintain privacy while exploring sensitive SRHR issues and communication difficulties when interviewing individuals with intellectual and sensory impairments. The mitigation strategies include iterative revisions of all tools based on multiple pretests in different filed sites and expert feedback, strategic rapport building and maintaining appropriate contextual etiquette while conducting the interviews. The reflections discussed in this paper will assist future researchers in understanding potential field challenges they might encounter in similar low resource settings while conducting research on SRHR and similar sensitive issues among marginalised population groups, such as persons with disabilities. Published 2022-05-25T05:59:37Z 2022-05-25T05:59:37Z 2020 2020-12-17 Journal Article Amin, A., Das, A. S., Kaiser, A., Azmi, R., Rashid, S. F., & Hasan, M. T. (2020). Documenting the challenges of conducting research on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of persons with disabilities in a low-and-middle income country setting: Lessons from Bangladesh. BMJ Global Health, 5(12) doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002904 http://hdl.handle.net/10361/16672 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002904 en_US https://gh.bmj.com/content/5/12/e002904 BMJ Global Health application/pdf BMJ Journals |
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This article was published in BMJ Global Health by BMJ Journals [© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.] and the definite version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002904 The Journal's website is at: https://gh.bmj.com/content/5/12/e002904 |
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Documenting the challenges of conducting research on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of persons with disabilities in a lowand-middle income country setting: Lessons from Bangladesh |
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Documenting the challenges of conducting research on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of persons with disabilities in a lowand-middle income country setting: Lessons from Bangladesh |
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