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Remote Fieldwork With African Migrant Women During COVID-19 Pandemic in London: A Reflection

Madziva, Cathrine and Chinouya, Martha (2022) 'Remote Fieldwork With African Migrant Women During COVID-19 Pandemic in London: A Reflection'. Frontiers in Sociology, Vol 7, p. 788180.

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Abstract

As coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic unraveled, state-led preventative restrictions created a “new” normal through remote home-working. A long-planned follow-up qualitative research study on risk perceptions and experiences regarding Clay Ingestion among black African women during pregnancy, in London, was disrupted as England went into lockdown. Against this backdrop, we shifted to remote data collection which raised pertinent concerns around access to technology and participant digital skills. We share our experiences of navigating through remote fieldwork during the pandemic with black African mothers with caring responsibilities as well as the extra burden of homeschooling, the challenges we encountered and how we mitigate these and the lessons learnt. Thus, drawing from our remote qualitative research experiences, we refer to notable examples of challenges, mitigating strategies applied and potential lessons to inform future practice.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: WA Public Health > WA 30 Socioeconomic factors in public health (General)
WA Public Health > Health Problems of Special Population Groups > WA 300 General. Refugees
WA Public Health > Health Problems of Special Population Groups > WA 309 Women's health
WC Communicable Diseases > Virus Diseases > Viral Respiratory Tract Infections. Respirovirus Infections > WC 506 COVID-19
Faculty: Department: Education
Digital Object Identifer (DOI): https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2022.788180
SWORD Depositor: JISC Pubrouter
Depositing User: JISC Pubrouter
Date Deposited: 06 Jul 2022 13:41
Last Modified: 15 Jun 2023 13:33
URI: https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/20287

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