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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
social sciences
Using participatory mapping to inform a community-randomized trial of HIV counseling and testing
Field Methods, Volume 21, No. 4, Year 2009
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Participatory mapping and transect walks were used to inform the research and intervention design and to begin building community relations in preparation for Project Accept, a community-randomized trial sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health. Project Accept is being conducted at five sites in four countries: Thailand, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Tanzania. Results from the mapping exercises informed decisions such as defining community boundaries and identifying appropriate criteria for matching community pairs for the trial as well as where to situate the services. The mapping also informed intervention-related decisions such as where to situate the services. The participatory methods enabled researchers at each site to develop an understanding of the communities that could not have been derived from existing data or data collected through standard data collection techniques. Furthermore, the methods lay the foundation for collaborative community research partnerships. © 2009 Sage Publications.
Authors & Co-Authors
Maman, Suzanne
United States, Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Lane, Tim
United States, San Francisco
University of California, San Francisco
Ntogwisangu, Jacob
Tanzania
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Science
Modiba, Precious
South Africa, Johannesburg
Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital
vanRooyen, Heidi
Unknown
Health Sciences Research Council
Timbe, Andrew
Zimbabwe, Harare
University of Zimbabwe
Visrutaratna, Surasing
Thailand, Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai Public Health Office
Fritz, Katherine E.
United States, Washington, D.c.
International Center for Research on Women
Statistics
Citations: 27
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 8
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1177/1525822X09341718
ISSN:
1525822X
e-ISSN:
15523969
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Mental Health
Study Design
Randomised Control Trial
Case-Control Study
Grounded Theory
Study Locations
South Africa
Tanzania
Zimbabwe