Methodological Challenges in Collaborative Research with Immigrant Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence in Canada

• Pages: 135-149
• Date: 26 August 2019
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1521-613620190000024013
• Published date: 26 August 2019
• Author: Nawal Ammar,Arshia U. Zaidi

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CHAPTER 8

METHODOLOGICAL CHALLENGES

IN COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH

WITH IMMIGRANT WOMEN

EXPERIENCING INTIMATE

PARTNER VIOLENCE IN CANADA

Nawal Ammar and Arshia U. Zaidi

ABSTRACT

Purpose – The chapter explores the methodological challenges in doing commu-

nity-based participatory research (CBPR) in social science investigations with

immigrant women experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) in Canada.

Methodology/approach – The methodological comments, observations, and

challenges discussed in this chapter result from research funded by the Social

Science and Humanities Council, a branch of the Canadian Federal Tri-Council.

The research that the authors conducted was both quantitative and qualitative in

nature. The sample consisted of three groups of women: (1) immigrant women

in Canada >10 years, (2) immigrant women in Canada <10 years, and (3) vis-

ible minority women born in Canada.

Findings – The chapter highlights some of the lessons learned in conducting

CBPR research in the context of immigrant survivors of IPV. This discussion

can be relevant to both academics and non-prot/advocacy agencies interested

in pursuing community partnership research on interpersonal violence.

Methods of Criminology and Criminal Justice Research

Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance, Volume 24, 135–149

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