Citation

McMillin SE, Carbone JT. J. Gerontol. Soc. Work 2019; 62(4): 399-404.

Affiliation

School of Social Work , Saint Louis University , Saint Louis , Missouri , USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/01634372.2019.1577320

PMID

30714495

Abstract

This paper reports how transit crime and perception of crime have been barriers to an area-focused and person-based ethnographic urban health and wellbeing research study in St. Louis. This study has experienced two primary challenges. First, respondent concerns about crime have impeded the ability of the study to follow best practices to strengthen ethnographic and qualitative research. Second, these concerns have impeded sampling and respondent participation in a way that decreases the voice and perspectives of older adults.

Language: en

Keywords

Qualitative research methods and analysis; crime; knowledge translation/transfer; transportation; urban health