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Participation of Immigrant Women Family Caregivers in Qualitative Research

University of Alberta

Margaret J. Harrison

University of Alberta

Karen D. Hughes

Department of Sociology, University of Alberta

Denise Spitzer

Department of Anthropology, University of Alberta

Miriam J. Stewart

Department of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, Institute of Gender and Health, Canadian Institutes of Health Research

The recruitment of articulate, expressive participants is an essential part of methodology in qualitative research. This article presents the authors’ experience in the recruitment of immigrant women of Chinese and South Asian origin in an ethnographic study. The study included women caring for an adult or child family member who had a chronic health problem. Knowledge of women family caregivers’ health is restricted by the failure to include diverse groups of women in research. In this article, the authors discuss issues related to recruitment and participation of immigrant women in research, including establishing access to diverse groups of women, benefits for immigrant women, and placing the researcher and research process on the same level. Practical research strategies to address these issues and engage the women in research that portrays their perspectives are presented. The authors’ discussion concludes with reflection on their experience and that of other researchers.

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