Robin G. Nelson

TL;DR: It is suggested that policies emphasizing safety, inclusivity, and collegiality have the potential to improve field experiences of a diversity of researchers, especially during early career stages and, the implementation of productive response mechanisms when such behaviors are reported.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a qualitative thematic analysis of self-reports of positive and negative experiences that occurred while conducting academic field research, highlighting the variability in clarity of appropriate professional behavior and rules at fieldsites, and access, or obstacles therein, to professional resources and opportunity.

TL;DR: This work aims to shed light on some of the difficult ethical quandaries of cross-cultural research and recommends a community-centred approach, in which the desires of the community regarding research approach and methodology, community involvement, results communication and distribution, and data sharing are held in the highest regard by the researchers.

TL;DR: An example of how a RCT to test an IPV preventive intervention—the Enhanced Nurse Family Partnership Study (ENFPS)—was successfully implemented by a partnership of researchers and practitioners is provided.