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8 Research methods Data for the needs assessment were collected by Vietnamese community researchers who spoke Vietnamese. The Centre for Ethnicity and Health’s Community Engagement Model’s use of researchers from the same communities as those being researched was crucial to the data collection process. Community researchers were selected by the community organisation and attended a series of accredited workshops run by the Centre for Ethnicity and Health on drugs and the related issues (including drug policy) and on research methods. The sample was accessed using the community organisation’s and community researchers’ existing contacts with individuals and organisations (including places of worship) and snowballing from there. During the study, local drug services asked the community organisation to provide translation services for two Vietnamese clients and these clients were recruited to the study. Data were collected using semi-structured questionnaires, focus groups and two case studies of drug users. The study reported some problems when holding a focus group for adults: As the subject [of drugs] was announced … some members showed signs of worry and refused to take part. Furthermore, those who remained refused to agree to the proceedings being taperecorded ‘even though they were reassured that the discussion would be treated as strictly confidential’. The study report indicated that this reaction was partly due to the community’s concern of the involvement of members of the Vietnamese community in ‘cannabis farms’ in England, about which media reports were circulating at the time of the study. For example, two focus group participants commented: Can we not talk about drugs in the UK? I don’t want to get into trouble, I cannot give you my opinion, I don’t want to grass on anyone … you know what problems we are facing at the moment. People are afraid to talk about drugs, particularly with what happened in the community in the last few months – nobody wants to get involved in drug related issues. Such a reaction underlines the community researchers’ view that they were embarking on a ‘taboo venture’ by conducting this study, and it is greatly to their credit that they devised and asked questions, and approached community members with sensitivity in order to maximise participation. 24
9 The Vietnamese sample The study was conducted in five areas of Greater Manchester, which was identified as having a relatively large Vietnamese population. According to the 2001 census, only 1,091 Vietnamese people lived in the whole of the north west of England [2] , although, as discussed in the ‘Population profile’ section, this is likely to be an underestimate. • The total sample of Vietnamese community members was 113. • The sample ranged in age from 16 to over 50, although 52% were under 25 years old and only 15% were 40 or older. • 57% of the sample were male and 43% were female. • 23 (20%) had been born in the UK. 42% had lived in the UK for five years or less and a third for over 10 years. • The main reasons those who were born elsewhere gave for migrating to the UK were ‘political’ (29%), ‘to join family’ (23%), ‘economic’ (17%) and ‘to study’ (9%). • 58% had British citizenship, 21% were asylum seekers, 10% were refugees and 11% were visitors (including students). 25
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