Community engagement on the Thai-Burmese border: rationale, experience and lessons learnt

International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-129

  Cheah, Phaik Yeong ^a,b,c   Lwin, Khin Maung ^a   Phaiphun, Lucy ^a   Maelankiri, Ladda ^a   Parker, Michael ^d   Day, Nicholas P ^b,c   White, Nicholas J ^b,c   Nosten, François ^a,b,c  

^a SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Border population; Community; Community advisory board; Community engagement; Ethics; Migrants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMED CONSENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MYANMAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESEARCH ETHICS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THAILAND;

EID: 77953113836     PISSN: 18763413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.inhe.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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