The role of community advisory boards in community-based HIV clinical trials: a qualitative study from Tanzania.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community Advisory Boards (CAB) have become essential organs of involving communities in HIV clinical trials especially in developing countries. However, limited empirical evidence exists on the role of CABs in low and middle-income countries including Tanzania. This study aims at exploring the role of CABs in community-based HIV clinical trials conducted in Tanzania.

Methodology

We adopted a phenomenological approach to purposefully select HIV clinical trial stakeholders. These included CAB members, researchers and Institutional Review Board (IRB) members in Tanzania. We conducted In-depth Interviews (IDIs) with ten participants and three Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) with eighteen participants. The data were thematically analyzed with the aid of MAXQDA software

SUBMITTER: Pancras G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8741593 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature