Ethical challenges and opportunities for nurses in HIV and AIDS community-based participatory research in Jamaica

Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-67

  Davison, Colleen M ^a,e   Kahwa, Eulalia ^b   Edwards, Nancy ^c   Atkinson, Uki ^b   Roelofs, Susan ^c   Hepburn Brown, Cerese ^b   Aiken, Joyette ^b   Dawkins, Pauline ^b   Rae, Tania ^b   MacFarlane, Denise ^d  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d Ministry of Health   (Jamaica)

^e KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

AIDS; Community based participatory research; Ethics; Global health; HIV; Public health

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; JAMAICA; NURSE; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH ETHICS; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ATTITUDE; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JAMAICA; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 84875167458     PISSN: 15562646     EISSN: 15562654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/jer.2013.8.1.55     Document Type: Article

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