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Research Agenda to Facilitate Community Participation In HIV Vaccine Research: A Participatory Approach

Published in: Journal of Psychology in Africa
Volume 23 , issue 2 , 2013 , pages: 375–378

DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2013.10820640

Author(s): Anthea Lesch Stellenbosch University, South Africa , Sagri Singh International AIDS Vaccine Initiative Country and Regional Programmes, USA , Zuhayr Kafaar Stellenbosch University, South Africa , Leslie Swartz Stellenbosch University, South Africa , Alexandre Menezes International AIDS Vaccine Initiative Country and Regional Programmes, USA

Keywords: research capacity-building , HIV vaccines , community participation , participatory approach , developing country

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Abstract

This article reports on a participatory process to generating a research agenda to guide research on community participation in HIV vaccine research. Community members representing stakeholder parties involved in the HIV vaccine research enterprise were invited to participate in the process. Fourty-five participants participated in the process and we used interactive techniques to stimulate discussion and interaction between community members at different levels of the HIV vaccine research enterprise. Through the process we generated a locally grounded research agenda to guide research on community participation in HIV vaccine research that originates out of the experiences, challenges and concerns of community members.

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