Morrison, Joanna;
Hossin, Raduan;
Kuddus, Abdul;
Pires, Malini;
King, Carina;
Ahmed, Naveed;
Nahar, Tasmin;
... Fottrell, Edward; + view all
(2023)
Community engagement in population-level research in the context of Covid-19 in rural Bangladesh.
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Abstract
Globally, researchers have been struggling with the ethical and practical questions of implementing community-based population-level research interventions during the Covid-19 pandemic. The safety of researchers and participants while implementing the interventions, and the need to avoid overburdening a health system already under pressure, are priorities, but it is also important to understand community perspectives on research. This article analyses community opinions about restarting a population-level community-based intervention for the prevention and control of type 2 diabetes in rural Bangladesh in a population of 120,000. We used qualitative phone interviews, discussions with key stakeholders and consultation with a trial steering committee. Community members were able and interested to attend intervention group meetings, but Covid-19 preventative measures were not being implemented routinely. People with diabetes did not perceive themselves to be at particular risk from Covid-19. Community members were meeting in groups and felt safe among friends and neighbours, but they did not feel safe among ‘outsiders’. As a result of our community engagement, we restarted the intervention but controlled the size of the groups and screened group members and group facilitators for Covid-19 symptoms. Community engagement enabled community members to contribute to decisions about how to restart the intervention.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Community engagement in population-level research in the context of Covid-19 in rural Bangladesh |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.14324/rfa.07.1.17 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.14324/RFA.07.1.17 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC BY) 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
| Keywords: | Community engagement; Bangladesh; Covid-19; participatory learning and action; diabetes; non-communicable disease; community participation |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute for Global Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10182502 |
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