How can community engagement in health research be strengthened for infectious disease outbreaks in Sub-Saharan Africa? A scoping review of the literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community engagement (CE) is a well-established practical and scholarly field, recognised as core to the science and ethics of health research, for which researchers and practitioners have increasingly asked questions about desired standards and evaluation. In infectious disease outbreak contexts, questions may be more complex. However, it is unclear what body of knowledge has been developed for CE specifically as it applies to emerging infectious diseases. This scoping review seeks to describe (1) How CE has been conceptualised and understood; and (2) What conclusions have research teams reached on the effectiveness of CE in these settings, including challenges and facilitators.

Methods

We used a scoping review framework by Arksey and O'Malley (Int J Soc Res Meth

SUBMITTER: Vanderslott S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8012744 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature