1. Conducting sexualities research: an outline of emergent issues and case studies from ten Wellcome-funded projects
- Author
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Kneale, Dylan, French, Robert, Spandler, Helen, Young, Ingrid, Purcell, Carrie, Boden, Zoë, Brown, Steven D., Callwood, Dan, Carr, Sarah, Dymock, Alex, Eastham, Rachael, Gabb, Jacqui, Henley, Josie, Jones, Charlotte, McDermott, Elizabeth, Mkhwanazi, Nolwazi, Ravenhill, James, Reavey, Paula, Scott, Rachel, Smith, Clarissa, Smith, Matthew, Thomas, James, Tingay, Karen, Kneale, Dylan, French, Robert, Spandler, Helen, Young, Ingrid, Purcell, Carrie, Boden, Zoë, Brown, Steven D., Callwood, Dan, Carr, Sarah, Dymock, Alex, Eastham, Rachael, Gabb, Jacqui, Henley, Josie, Jones, Charlotte, McDermott, Elizabeth, Mkhwanazi, Nolwazi, Ravenhill, James, Reavey, Paula, Scott, Rachel, Smith, Clarissa, Smith, Matthew, Thomas, James, and Tingay, Karen
- Abstract
This letter seeks to synthesise methodological challenges encountered in a cohort of Wellcome Trust-funded research projects focusing on sexualities and health. The ten Wellcome Trust projects span a diversity of gender and sexual orientations and identities, settings; institutional and non-institutional contexts, lifecourse stages, and explore a range of health-related interventions. As researchers, we originate from a breadth of disciplinary traditions, use a variety of research methods and data sources. Despite this breadth, four common themes are found across the projects: (i) inclusivity, representations and representativeness, (ii) lumping together of diverse groups, (iii) institutions and closed settings (iv) ethical and governance barriers.
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- 2019