![]() | Shannon Doherty PhD Student and Research Assistant - Anglia Ruskin University |
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03.08.2016-31.08.2016
Ethical issues in research conducted with trafficked populations and effects on service provision
1. To complete a systematic review that identifies and critically evaluates different types of health research including interventions and primary research, that are conducted with trafficked populations, identify ethical frameworks/guidelines used, and explore gaps to recommend best practice.
2. To record context-specific and comprehensive accounts of the perception and experience of ethical issues involved in conducting and participating in health research as well as providing and receiving health services. This will be informed by researchers, service providers and service users through case studies conducted in London, Milan, Calais, and Chisinau. To create best practice guidelines informed by case study findings.
3. To determine if health research informs health service provision, explore ethical issues involved in conducting such research and recommend best practice guidelines. This work will be informed by researchers and service providers through case studies conducted in London, Milan, Calais, and Chisinau.
I am a PhD candidate in Allied and Public Health, my dissertation is titled: Health Research with Trafficked Populations: Addressing the Void in Ethics Guidance. I also work as a research assistant in the Global Public Health, Migration and Ethics research group (www.globalhme.org) managing a project which is integrating mental health services into primary care for conflict-affected migrants in Northern Sri Lanka. I hold an honorary lecturer position at Anglia Ruskin University and I teach classes on Public Health, Epidemiology and Statistics. I recently accepted a position at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine to write a Masters level distance learning module on mental health in humanitarian crisis settings.