Recruitment: It's challenging
Background: Difficulties in recruiting people with intellectual disability to actively participate in research is a recurring topic of discussion that has been minimally investigated. Capturing this issue and its depth is essential to involving people with intellectual disability in research. Metho...
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| author | White, K. Waters, Rebecca Buchanan, Angus |
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| description | Background: Difficulties in recruiting people with intellectual disability to actively participate in research is a recurring topic of discussion
that has been minimally investigated. Capturing this issue and its depth is essential to involving people with intellectual disability in research. Method: Semi- structured interviews were utilised to obtain perspectives of recruitment from 12 academic researchers with substantial experience in the field. Data were analysed using Straussian grounded theory. Results: The core category was ‘Recruitment: It ’ s challenging’, informed by seven categories; differentiation of people with intellectual disability as a research population, lived experience of researchers, gatekeeping,
ethical considerations, research design, collaboration, and rapport. Conclusions: Researchers developed and employed strategies over time and experience in response to recruitment challenges. These
strategies largely focused upon creating, strengthening and supporting a connection between themselves and people with intellectual disability. There is potential for future investigation and further development of strategies to improve recruitment. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-791452020-11-17T07:22:06Z Recruitment: It's challenging White, K. Waters, Rebecca Buchanan, Angus intellectual disability recruitment researcher perspectives Background: Difficulties in recruiting people with intellectual disability to actively participate in research is a recurring topic of discussion that has been minimally investigated. Capturing this issue and its depth is essential to involving people with intellectual disability in research. Method: Semi- structured interviews were utilised to obtain perspectives of recruitment from 12 academic researchers with substantial experience in the field. Data were analysed using Straussian grounded theory. Results: The core category was ‘Recruitment: It ’ s challenging’, informed by seven categories; differentiation of people with intellectual disability as a research population, lived experience of researchers, gatekeeping, ethical considerations, research design, collaboration, and rapport. Conclusions: Researchers developed and employed strategies over time and experience in response to recruitment challenges. These strategies largely focused upon creating, strengthening and supporting a connection between themselves and people with intellectual disability. There is potential for future investigation and further development of strategies to improve recruitment. 2018 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79145 English Wiley-Blackwell restricted |
| spellingShingle | intellectual disability recruitment researcher perspectives White, K. Waters, Rebecca Buchanan, Angus Recruitment: It's challenging |
| title | Recruitment: It's challenging |
| title_full | Recruitment: It's challenging |
| title_fullStr | Recruitment: It's challenging |
| title_full_unstemmed | Recruitment: It's challenging |
| title_short | Recruitment: It's challenging |
| title_sort | recruitment: it's challenging |
| topic | intellectual disability recruitment researcher perspectives |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79145 |