Community engagement practices in Southern Africa: Review and thematic synthesis of studies done in Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa

Acta Tropica

Volumn 175, Issue , 2017, Pages 20-30

  Musesengwa, Rosemary ^a   Chimbari, Moses J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Community; Community engagement; Community involvement; Community participation; Community based research

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH; STAKEHOLDER;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PUBLICATION; SCIENTIST; SOUTH AFRICA; SYNTHESIS; ZIMBABWE; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PROCEDURES;

BOTSWANA; ZIMBABWE;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; HUMANS;

EID: 84961908086     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2016.03.021     Document Type: Review

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