If you come from a well-known organisation, I will trust you: Exploring and understanding the community’s attitudes towards healthcare research in Cambodia
OBJECTIVE: To explore Cambodian community members’ understanding of and attitudes towards healthcare research. DESIGN: This qualitative study generated data from semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions. This study was conducted at a non-governmental paediatric hospital and in nearby v...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5905956/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29668693 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195251 |
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author | Pol, Sreymom Fox-Lewis, Shivani Neou, Leakhena Parker, Michael Kingori, Patricia Turner, Claudia |
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description | OBJECTIVE: To explore Cambodian community members’ understanding of and attitudes towards healthcare research. DESIGN: This qualitative study generated data from semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions. This study was conducted at a non-governmental paediatric hospital and in nearby villages in Siem Reap province, Cambodia. A total of ten semi-structured interviews and four focus group discussions were conducted, involving 27 participants. Iterative data collection and analysis were performed concurrently. Data were analysed by thematic content analysis and the coding structure was developed using relevant literature. RESULTS: Participants did not have a clear understanding of what activities related to research compared with those for routine healthcare. Key attitudes towards research were responsibility and trust: personal (trust of the researcher directly) and institutional (trust of the institution as a whole). Villagers believe the village headman holds responsibility for community activities, while the village headman believes that this responsibility should be shared across all levels of the government system. CONCLUSIONS: It is essential for researchers to understand the structure and relationship within the community they wish to work with in order to develop trust among community participants. This aids effective communication and understanding among all parties, enabling high quality ethical research to be conducted. |
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spelling | pubmed-59059562018-05-06 If you come from a well-known organisation, I will trust you: Exploring and understanding the community’s attitudes towards healthcare research in Cambodia Pol, Sreymom Fox-Lewis, Shivani Neou, Leakhena Parker, Michael Kingori, Patricia Turner, Claudia PLoS One Research Article OBJECTIVE: To explore Cambodian community members’ understanding of and attitudes towards healthcare research. DESIGN: This qualitative study generated data from semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions. This study was conducted at a non-governmental paediatric hospital and in nearby villages in Siem Reap province, Cambodia. A total of ten semi-structured interviews and four focus group discussions were conducted, involving 27 participants. Iterative data collection and analysis were performed concurrently. Data were analysed by thematic content analysis and the coding structure was developed using relevant literature. RESULTS: Participants did not have a clear understanding of what activities related to research compared with those for routine healthcare. Key attitudes towards research were responsibility and trust: personal (trust of the researcher directly) and institutional (trust of the institution as a whole). Villagers believe the village headman holds responsibility for community activities, while the village headman believes that this responsibility should be shared across all levels of the government system. CONCLUSIONS: It is essential for researchers to understand the structure and relationship within the community they wish to work with in order to develop trust among community participants. This aids effective communication and understanding among all parties, enabling high quality ethical research to be conducted. Public Library of Science 2018-04-18 /pmc/articles/PMC5905956/ /pubmed/29668693 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195251 Text en © 2018 Pol et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Pol, Sreymom Fox-Lewis, Shivani Neou, Leakhena Parker, Michael Kingori, Patricia Turner, Claudia If you come from a well-known organisation, I will trust you: Exploring and understanding the community’s attitudes towards healthcare research in Cambodia |
title | If you come from a well-known organisation, I will trust you: Exploring and understanding the community’s attitudes towards healthcare research in Cambodia |
title_full | If you come from a well-known organisation, I will trust you: Exploring and understanding the community’s attitudes towards healthcare research in Cambodia |
title_fullStr | If you come from a well-known organisation, I will trust you: Exploring and understanding the community’s attitudes towards healthcare research in Cambodia |
title_full_unstemmed | If you come from a well-known organisation, I will trust you: Exploring and understanding the community’s attitudes towards healthcare research in Cambodia |
title_short | If you come from a well-known organisation, I will trust you: Exploring and understanding the community’s attitudes towards healthcare research in Cambodia |
title_sort | if you come from a well-known organisation, i will trust you: exploring and understanding the community’s attitudes towards healthcare research in cambodia |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5905956/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29668693 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195251 |
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