Fieldwork Challenges: Lessons Learned From a North–South Public Health Research Partnership

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 734-743

  Casale, Marisa A J ^a   Flicker, Sarah ^b,c   Nixon, Stephanie A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO HIV TREATMENT NETWORK   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

fieldwork lessons learned; HIV prevention program evaluation; North South research collaboration; research practitioner partnerships; school based research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH; SOUTH AFRICA; UNIVERSITY;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH; SOUTH AFRICA; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84856143729     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: 15526372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839910369201     Document Type: Article

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