{"id":11576,"date":"2025-08-27T20:10:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T10:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/childethics.com\/?p=11576"},"modified":"2025-08-27T20:10:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T10:10:05","slug":"recruiting-young-people-to-sensitive-research-turning-the-wheels-within-wheels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/childethics.com\/library\/recruiting-young-people-to-sensitive-research-turning-the-wheels-within-wheels\/","title":{"rendered":"Recruiting young people to sensitive research: turning the \u2018wheels within wheels.\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Turner, N., &#038; Almack, K. (2017). Recruiting young people to sensitive research: turning the \u2018wheels within wheels\u2019. <em>International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 20<\/em>(5), pp. 485-497.<\/p>\n<p>Abstract:<br \/>\nThis article contributes to a growing literature that takes a more nuanced approach to exploring the complexities of relationships and negotiations with gatekeepers. Using our study of young people living with a parent at the end of life as a \u2018critical case\u2019 of sensitive qualitative research, we discuss how far from being a smooth, linear process, participant recruitment was experienced as a series of overlapping challenges, characterised here as \u2018wheels within wheels\u2019. Each component of this multi-faceted process relied on identifying and engaging with key practitioners who acted as gatekeepers. We discuss how researcher and gatekeeper positionality influenced the outcome of negotiations with gatekeepers, and highlight potential implications for young people in exigent sets of circumstances. If the routes \u2018in\u2019 to access young people are difficult, then this also raises questions about routes \u2018out\u2019 for young people and their access to support when living through challenging times.<br \/>\n(Abstract \u00a9 Taylor &#038; Francis, reprinted by special permission from Taylor &#038; Francis Group, a division of Informa UK, http:\/\/www.tandf.co.uk).<\/p>\n<h5><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/13645579.2016.1207943\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">( Publisher&#8217;s Link )<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uhra.herts.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/6308\/1\/Accepted_Manuscript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">( Author Version )<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turner, N., &#038; Almack, K. (2017). Recruiting young people to sensitive research: turning the \u2018wheels within wheels\u2019. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 20(5), pp. 485-497. Abstract: This article contributes to a growing literature that takes a more nuanced approach to exploring the complexities of relationships and negotiations with gatekeepers. Using our study of young [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[66,132,348],"class_list":["post-11576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-library","tag-gatekeepers","tag-gatekeeping","tag-sensitive-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/childethics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/childethics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/childethics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/childethics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/childethics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11576"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/childethics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11577,"href":"https:\/\/childethics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11576\/revisions\/11577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/childethics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/childethics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/childethics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}