Involving communities in the design of clinical trial protocols: The BAN Study in Lilongwe, Malawi

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-67

  Corneli, Amy L ^a   Piwoz, Ellen G ^b   Bentley, Margaret E ^a   Moses, Agnes ^c   Nkhoma, Jacqueline R ^c   Tohill, Beth Carlton ^d   Adair, Linda ^a   Mtimuni, Beatrice ^e   Ahmed, Yusuf ^d   Duerr, Ann ^d   Kazembe, Peter ^f   van der Horst, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PROJECT   (Malawi)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e LILONGWE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Malawi)

^f KAMUZU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Africa; Clinical trial; Ethics; HIV; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT DISEASE; INFANT FEEDING; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MALAWI; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PERINATAL PERIOD; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN PUNCTURE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; BREAST FEEDING; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS; MALAWI; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33751274465     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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