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This fact sheet was developed based on a recent book chapter written by the SyRIA.lth team: “Oda, Anna, Adnan Al Mhamied, Riham Al-Saadi, Neil Arya, Mona Awwad, Oula Hajjar, Jill Hanley, Michaela Hynie, Nicole Ives, Rabih Jamil, Mahi Khalaf, Rim Khyar, Ben C. H. Kuo, May Massijeh, Rana Mohammad and Kathy Sherrell. Ethical challenges of conducting longitudinal community-based research with refugees: Reflections from peer researchers. In K. Grabska &C. Clark-Kazak (Eds.). In press. Research Methods in Forced Migration. McGill-Queens University Press.” It provides a reflection on the ethical challenges peer researchers experienced while working on longitudinal mixed-method community-based research study looking at the integration and long-term health outcomes of Syrian refugees resettled in Canada (SyRIA.lth). The purpose of this fact sheet is to act as a resource for those who are working with peer researchers on community-based research (CBR).
This fact sheet will provide an overview on:
Four key ethical issues peer researchers encountered during the project:
Ethical challenge #1: Positionality and the insider/outsider position
Ethical challenge#2: Professional role conflict
Ethical challenge #3: Compassion fatigue and burnout
Ethical challenge #4: Distress and secondary trauma
Recommended strategies implemented by project team to support peer researchers.