Compensating control participants when the intervention is of significant value: experience in Guatemala, India, Peru and Rwanda.

ABSTRACT: The Household Air Pollution Intervention Network (HAPIN) trial is a randomised controlled trial in Guatemala, India, Peru and Rwanda to assess the health impact of a clean cooking intervention in households using solid biomass for cooking. The HAPIN intervention-a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) stove and 18-month supply of LPG-has significant value in these communities, irrespective of potential health benefits. For control households, it was necessary to develop a compensation strategy that would be comparable across four settings and would address concerns about differential loss to follow-up, fairness and potential effects on household economics. Each site developed slightly different, contextually appropriate compensation packages by combining a set of uniform principles with local comm

SUBMITTER: Quinn AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6730613 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature