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Malaria Vaccines
Findings from S. Molyneux and co-researchers advance knowledge in malaria vaccines
March 26th, 2008
"Formal checks of participant understanding are now widely recommended to improve informed consent processes. However, the views of the participants these assessments are designed to protect are rarely considered," scientists in Kilifi, Kenya report. "In this paper the findings of a qualitative study aimed at documenting community reactions to a semi-structured questionnaire ('quiz') are reported. The quiz was administered to 189 mothers after consenting for their children to participate in a malaria vaccine trial on the Kenyan Coast. Once the malaria vaccine trial was underway, focus group discussions were held with some of these mothers (nine groups; 103 mothers), and...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-03-26)
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