Capacity of community advisory boards for effective engagement in clinical research: a mixed methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community engagement is a key component in health research. One of the ways health researchers ensure community engagement is through Community Advisory Boards (CABs). The capacity of CABs to properly perform their role in clinical research has not been well described in many resource limited settings. In this study, we assessed the capacity of CABs for effective community engagement in Uganda.

Methods

We conducted a cross sectional study with mixed methods. We used structured questionnaires and key informant interviews (KII) to collect data from CAB members, trial investigators, and community liaison officers. For quantitative data, we used descriptive statistics while for qualitative data we used content analysis.

Results

Seventy three CAB members were in

SUBMITTER: Mugenyi L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8672338 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature