Challenges for consent and community engagement in the conduct of cluster randomized trial among school children in low income settings: Experiences from Kenya

Trials

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Okello, George ^a   Jones, Caroline ^a,b,c   Bonareri, Maureen ^a   Ndegwa, Sarah N ^a   Mcharo, Carlos ^d   Kengo, Juddy ^d   Kinyua, Kevin ^e   Dubeck, Margaret M ^f   Halliday, Katherine E ^g   Jukes, Matthew C H ^h   Molyneux, Sassy ^a,b   Brooker, Simon J ^a,g  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d Health and Literacy Intervention Project   (Kenya)

^e Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation   (Kenya)

^f School of Business and Economics   (United States)

^g LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^h HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster randomized trial; Community engagement; Consent; Kenya; Malaria; School based research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KENYA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT BY MINORS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; KENYA; MALARIA; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT;

EID: 84877938584     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-142     Document Type: Article

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