Doing 'reciprocity work': The role of fieldworkers in a mass drug administration trial in the Gambia.

ABSTRACT: In their roles as nurses, data collectors, or other, fieldworkers undertake myriad tasks working intimately with and on the bodies of others - a type of work called 'body work'. This work further includes the micro-political relations shaping these interactions, and studies have shown the importance of these relationships in the success of clinical trials, particularly in the Gambia. This study seeks to expand the concept of body work to understand the roles and interactions of fieldworkers within the trial community, and the effect on a mass drug administration (MDA) clinical trial. We conducted a mixed-methods social science study alongside the MDA in 2018-2019, including in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, and semi-structured observations with the population involved (and not)

SUBMITTER: Fehr A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7614349 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature