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Table 1 Details of the case studies

From: Structural coercion in the context of community engagement in global health research conducted in a low resource setting in Africa

 

Urban case study

Rural case study

Hospital case study

Study design

Observational study

Cluster Randomised Trial

Longitudinal cohort study

Setting

Urban setting

Rural setting

Hospital setting

Target population

School communities

School children

Villages

All households in selected villages

TB patients

CE activities

Meetings with Primary Education Advisors

Meetings with Parents and Teacher Association committees

Meetings with parents

Meetings with students

Study information sent to communities

Community involvement to select volunteers and committees

Training of community volunteers

Village workshops facilitated by community volunteers

Community volunteers involved in monitoring and evaluation

Consultation FGD

Sensitization of health care workers

Aims of CE

Raise awareness about the study

To get feedback on the research and engage in two-way dialogue with communities

To educate and empower communities to implement interventions aimed at preventing malaria

To explore patients and community members’ understanding of study information and to seek their feedback