Strengthening the informed consent process in international health research through community engagement: The KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme experience

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Boga, Mwanamvua ^a   Davies, Alun ^a   Kamuya, Dorcas ^a   Kinyanjui, Samson M ^a,b   Kivaya, Ester ^a   Kombe, Francis ^a   Lang, Trudie ^a,b   Marsh, Vicki ^a,b   Mbete, Bibi ^a   Mlamba, Albert ^a   Molyneux, Sassy ^a,b   Mulupi, Stephen ^a   Mwalukore, Salim ^a  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; COMMUNITY CARE; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH PROGRAM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; KENYA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERCEPTION; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH ETHICS; STANDARD; ETHICS; HEALTH; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CONSENT FORMS; ETHICS, RESEARCH; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KENYA; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 80053334179     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001089     Document Type: Article

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