Complex realities: Community engagement for a paediatric randomized controlled malaria vaccine trial in Kilifi, Kenya

Trials

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Angwenyi, Vibian ^a   Kamuya, Dorcas ^a,b   Mwachiro, Dorothy ^a   Kalama, Betty ^a   Marsh, Vicki ^a,b,c   Njuguna, Patricia ^a   Molyneux, Sassy ^a,b,c  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community engagement; Informed consent; Malaria; Randomized controlled vaccine trial; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

MALARIA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; KENYA; LEADERSHIP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PARENT; PEER PRESSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCIENTIST; TRUST; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; COMPREHENSION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; KENYA; MALARIA; MALARIA VACCINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898602205     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-65     Document Type: Article

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