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The Ethics of Conducting Community-Engaged Homelessness Research |
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| Authors: | Vivien Runnels Elizabeth Hay Elyse Sevigny Paddi O’Hara |
| Affiliation: | 1. Globalization and Health Equity Research Unit, Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa, 1 Stewart Street, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada 2. Health and Housing in Transition Research Project, Centre for Research on Educational and Community Services, University of Ottawa, 34 Stewart Street, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada 3. Centre for Research on Educational and Community Services, University of Ottawa, 34 Stewart Street, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada 4. O’Hara Consulting and Clinical Research Associate at the Ottawa Health Research Institute, 725 Parkdale Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1Y 4E9, Canada |
| Abstract: | This paper focuses on some of the ethical issues which may arise when conducting research in the context of homelessness. These issues are considered from the viewpoints of researchers, research coordinators and interviewers, drawing from their extensive real world experience. In addition to negotiating the complex context of homelessness, community-based homelessness researchers need to address a number of ethical issues in research conception, design, implementation and dissemination. Although these issues are commonly considered in community-engaged research, research with people who are homeless may raise exceptional challenges. Such challenges include determining the nature of informed consent; protecting research participants and researchers, and determining appropriate compensation for participation. Understanding the context of homelessness to conduct ethical research will require sharing information and joint decision-making, processes that must include members of communities within which the research participants live. Furthermore, researchers should be sensitive to the changing context of homelessness, and vigilant for new ethical challenges. |
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