Beginning community engagement at a busy biomedical research programme: Experiences from the KEMRI CGMRC-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 721-733

  Marsh, Vicki ^a   Kamuya, Dorcas ^a   Rowa, Yvonne ^b   Gikonyo, Caroline ^a   Molyneux, Sassy ^a  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b Oxfam ^*  (Kenya)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Community engagement; Ethical research; Kenya

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; ETHICS; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PERCEPTION; RESEARCH;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; KENYA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RESEARCH ETHICS;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KENYA; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

AFRICA; COAST PROVINCE; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; KILIFI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 47549104516     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.02.007     Document Type: Article

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