2022
DOI: 10.1177/14687941221098927
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Hierarchy and inequality in research: Navigating the challenges of research in Ghana

Abstract: This paper provides insights from experiences in data gathering and recruitment from two research projects on disability/mental health in Ghana. The focus of the study explores stigma amongst individuals diagnosed with mental illness and their caregivers. The study investigates the positioning of the researcher in a superior light by participants which often wrests power from those who should be considered the true experts of their own circumstances. Inequality in the interview process thus carried the risk of… Show more

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“…However, a qualitative approach would provide a more nuanced understanding of the caregivers’ perspectives. 15 Hence, this study adopts a qualitative approach to understand caregivers’ caring experiences and feelings, aimed at understand and analyze the specific content of care experience beyond Chinese culture. We hope that the results will provide some insights for care experience of PLWHA’s informal caregivers, and provide theoretical basis for development of intervention measures.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, a qualitative approach would provide a more nuanced understanding of the caregivers’ perspectives. 15 Hence, this study adopts a qualitative approach to understand caregivers’ caring experiences and feelings, aimed at understand and analyze the specific content of care experience beyond Chinese culture. We hope that the results will provide some insights for care experience of PLWHA’s informal caregivers, and provide theoretical basis for development of intervention measures.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%