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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Approaching the community about screening children for a multicentre malaria vaccine trial
International Health, Volume 4, No. 1, Year 2012
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Description
Community sensitisation, as a component of community engagement, plays an important role in strengthening the ethics of community-based trials in developing countries and is fundamental to trial success. However, few researchers have shared their community sensitisation strategies and experiences. We report on our perspective as researchers on the sensitisation activities undertaken for a phase II malaria vaccine trial in Kilifi District (Kenya) and Korogwe District (Tanzania), with the aim of informing and guiding the operational planning of future trials. We report wide variability in recruitment rates within both sites; a variability that occurred against a backdrop of similarity in overall approaches to sensitisation across the two sites but significant differences in community exposure to biomedical research. We present a range of potential factors contributing to these differences in recruitment rates, which we believe are worth considering in future community sensitisation plans. We conclude by arguing for carefully designed social science research around the implementation and impact of community sensitisation activities. © 2011 Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Authors & Co-Authors
Lang, Trudie A.
Kenya, Kilifi
Kemri - Wellcome Research Programme/centre for Geographical Medicine Research Coast
Gould, J.
Tanzania, Tanga
National Institute for Medical Research Tanga
Von-Seidlein, Lorenz
Tanzania, Tanga
National Institute for Medical Research Tanga
Lusingu, John Peter Andrea
Tanzania, Tanga
National Institute for Medical Research Tanga
Mshamu, Salum
Tanzania, Tanga
National Institute for Medical Research Tanga
Ismael, S.
Tanzania, Tanga
National Institute for Medical Research Tanga
Liheluka, Edwin A.
Tanzania, Tanga
National Institute for Medical Research Tanga
Kamuya, Dorcas Mwikali
Kenya, Kilifi
Kemri - Wellcome Research Programme/centre for Geographical Medicine Research Coast
Mwachiro, Dorothy
Kenya, Kilifi
Kemri - Wellcome Research Programme/centre for Geographical Medicine Research Coast
Olotu, Ally Ibrahim
Kenya, Kilifi
Kemri - Wellcome Research Programme/centre for Geographical Medicine Research Coast
Njuguna, Patricia W.
Kenya, Kilifi
Kemri - Wellcome Research Programme/centre for Geographical Medicine Research Coast
Bejon, Philip A.
Kenya, Kilifi
Kemri - Wellcome Research Programme/centre for Geographical Medicine Research Coast
Marsh, Vicki M.
Kenya, Kilifi
Kemri - Wellcome Research Programme/centre for Geographical Medicine Research Coast
Molyneux, Catherine S.
Kenya, Kilifi
Kemri - Wellcome Research Programme/centre for Geographical Medicine Research Coast
Statistics
Citations: 16
Authors: 14
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.inhe.2011.10.003
ISSN:
18763413
e-ISSN:
18763405
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases
Maternal And Child Health
Study Locations
Kenya
Tanzania