The benefits of participatory methodologies to develop effective community dialogue in the context of a microbicide trial feasibility study in Mwanza, Tanzania

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Vallely, Andrew ^a,b   Shagi, Charles ^b   Kasindi, Stella ^b   Desmond, Nicola ^c,d   Lees, Shelley ^a,c   Chiduo, Betty ^c   Hayes, Richard ^a   Allen, Caroline ^d   Ross, David ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b African Medical and Research Foundation Mwanza   (Tanzania)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROBICIDE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMMUNITY; COMPREHENSION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INTERVENTION STUDY; LABORATORY; LABORATORY TEST; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RESEARCH; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL HEALTH; TANZANIA; WARD; WITCHCRAFT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RESEARCHER-SUBJECT RELATIONS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TANZANIA;

EID: 34447629893     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-133     Document Type: Article

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