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Community engagement and feedback of results in the H3Africa AWI-Gen project: Experiences from the Navrongo Demographic and Health Surveillance site in Northern Ghana.

Authors :
Agongo G
Debpuur C
Amenga-Etego L
Nonterah EA
Kaburise MB
Oduro A
Ramsay M
Tindana P
Source :
AAS open research [AAS Open Res] 2021 Mar 19; Vol. 4, pp. 15. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Mar 19 (Print Publication: 2021).
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

Community and Public engagement (CE) have gained traction as an ethical best practice for the conduct of genomics research, particularly in the context of Africa. In the past 10 years, there has been growing scholarship on the value and practice of engaging key stakeholders including communities involved in genomics research. However, not much has been documented on how research teams, particularly in international collaborative research projects, are navigating the complex process of engagement including the return of key research findings. This paper is part of a series of papers describing the CE processes used in the AWI-Gen study sites. We describe the key processes of engagement, challenges encountered and the major lessons learned. We pay particular attention to the experiences in returning research results to participants and communities within the Demographic and Health Surveillance site in northern Ghana.<br />Competing Interests: No competing interests were disclosed.<br /> (Copyright: © 2021 Agongo G et al.)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
2515-9321
Volume :
4
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
AAS open research
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
33959702
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.12688/aasopenres.13081.1