Using Participatory Learning & Action research to access and engage with 'hard to reach' migrants in primary healthcare research

BMC Health Services Research
Mary O'Reilly-de BrúnAnne MacFarlane

Abstract

Communication problems occur in general practice consultations when migrants and general practitioners do not share a common language and culture. Migrants' perspectives have rarely been included in the development of guidelines designed to ameliorate this. Considered 'hard-to-reach' on the basis of inaccessibility, language discordance and cultural difference, migrants have been consistently excluded from participation in primary healthcare research. The purpose of this qualitative study was to address this gap. The study was conducted in the Republic of Ireland, 2009 - 2011. We developed a multi-lingual community-university research team that included seven established migrants from local communities. They completed training in Participatory Learning & Action (PLA) - a qualitative research methodology. Then, as trained service-user peer researchers (SUPERs) they used their access routes, language skills, cultural knowledge and innovative PLA techniques to recruit and engage in research with fifty-one hard-to-reach migrant service-users (MSUs). In terms of access, university researchers successfully accessed SUPERs, who, in turn, successfully accessed, recruited and retained MSUs in the study. In terms of meaningful engagement...Continue Reading

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Apr 8, 2017·The European Journal of General Practice·Maria PapadakakiAnne MacFarlane
Feb 10, 2018·BMC International Health and Human Rights·Christos LionisKathryn Hoffmann
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May 26, 2020·Health Expectations : an International Journal of Public Participation in Health Care and Health Policy·Felicity ThomasHazel Stuteley
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