Title |
Community engagement in biomedical research in an African setting: the Kintampo Health Research Centre experience
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Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, October 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1472-6963-13-383 |
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Authors |
Kwaku Poku Asante, Charlotte Tawiah Agyemang, Charles Zandoh, Jacob Saah, Lawrence Gyabaa Febir, Casimir Kabio Donlebo, Seth Owusu-Agyei |
Abstract |
Community engagement (CE) is becoming relevant in health research activities; however, models for CE in health research are limited in developing countries. The Kintampo Health Research Centre (KHRC) conducts research to influence health policy locally and also internationally. Since its establishment in 1994 with the mandate of conducting relevant public health studies in the middle part of Ghana, KHRC has embarked on a series of clinical and operational studies involving community members. In these studies, community members have been engaged through community durbars before, during and also after all study implementations. Lessons learnt from these activities suggested the need to embark on further CE processes that could serve as a model for emerging research institutions based in African communities. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Ghana | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Sierra Leone | 1 | 1% |
Kenya | 1 | 1% |
Ghana | 1 | 1% |
Unknown | 78 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Master | 17 | 21% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 12% |
Researcher | 8 | 10% |
Student > Postgraduate | 6 | 7% |
Lecturer | 6 | 7% |
Other | 14 | 17% |
Unknown | 20 | 25% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 16 | 20% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 16 | 20% |
Social Sciences | 14 | 17% |
Psychology | 4 | 5% |
Business, Management and Accounting | 2 | 2% |
Other | 7 | 9% |
Unknown | 22 | 27% |