Case studies from the experience of early career researchers in East Africa in building community engagement in research
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2022-06-27
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AAS Open Research
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In this paper, we explain how three early career researchers actively engaged community members in their health research projects in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, and what was learnt from the experience. The research project in Kenya was on camel trypanosomiasis and the role of camel biting keds (or louse flies) in disease transmission. The project in Tanzania looked at the effect of human immunodeficiency virus and antiretroviral therapy on fertility and ascertained the trends in the use of family planning services amongst women of reproductive age. The focus of the project in Uganda was the implementation of maternal death surveillance and the response policy to determine the cause of maternal deaths and how they might be prevented.
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Bargul, J. L., Mkwashapi, D. M., Namagembe, I., Nakityo, I., Nakimuli, A., Byamugisha, J., ... & Sewankambo, N. K. (2022). Case studies from the experience of early career researchers in East Africa in building community engagement in research. AAS Open Research, 5, 13.https://doi.org/10.12688/aasopenres.13349.2