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Doing ‘reciprocity work’: The role of fieldworkers in a mass drug administration trial in the Gambia

In their roles as nurses, data collectors, or other, fieldworkers undertake myriad tasks working intimately with and on the bodies of others – a type of work called ‘body work’. This work further includes the micropolitical relations shaping these interactions, and studies have shown the importance...

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Autores principales: Fehr, Alexandra, Nieto-Sanchez, Claudia, Muela, Joan, Manneh, Ebrima, Baldeh, Dullo, Ceesay, Omar, D’Alessandro, Umberto, Dabira, Edgard, Kingori, Patricia, Grietens, Koen Peeters, Bardají, Azucena, Bunders-Aelen, Joske, Zuiderent-Jerak, Teun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7614349/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36183416
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2022.2125998
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author Fehr, Alexandra
Nieto-Sanchez, Claudia
Muela, Joan
Manneh, Ebrima
Baldeh, Dullo
Ceesay, Omar
D’Alessandro, Umberto
Dabira, Edgard
Kingori, Patricia
Grietens, Koen Peeters
Bardají, Azucena
Bunders-Aelen, Joske
Zuiderent-Jerak, Teun
author_facet Fehr, Alexandra
Nieto-Sanchez, Claudia
Muela, Joan
Manneh, Ebrima
Baldeh, Dullo
Ceesay, Omar
D’Alessandro, Umberto
Dabira, Edgard
Kingori, Patricia
Grietens, Koen Peeters
Bardají, Azucena
Bunders-Aelen, Joske
Zuiderent-Jerak, Teun
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description In their roles as nurses, data collectors, or other, fieldworkers undertake myriad tasks working intimately with and on the bodies of others – a type of work called ‘body work’. This work further includes the micropolitical relations shaping these interactions, and studies have shown the importance of these relationships in the success of clinical trials, particularly in the Gambia. This study seeks to expand the concept of body work to understand the roles and interactions of fieldworkers within the trial community, and the effect on a mass drug administration (MDA) clinical trial. We conducted a mixed-methods social science study alongside the MDA in 2018–2019, including indepth interviews, focus group discussions, and semi-structured observations with the population involved (and not) in the MDA, as well as the MRC fieldworkers. We found that fieldworkers participated in what we call ‘reciprocity work’. Through their regular tasks and interactions, they necessarily showed respect and established trust in a way that formed and contributed to reciprocal relationships, the results of which impacted the trial and individuals’ autonomy in the decisionmaking process. Understanding the role of fieldworkers and their reciprocity work is a vital component in comprehending how research ethics are made and conducted in global health research.
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spelling pubmed-76143492023-03-21 Doing ‘reciprocity work’: The role of fieldworkers in a mass drug administration trial in the Gambia Fehr, Alexandra Nieto-Sanchez, Claudia Muela, Joan Manneh, Ebrima Baldeh, Dullo Ceesay, Omar D’Alessandro, Umberto Dabira, Edgard Kingori, Patricia Grietens, Koen Peeters Bardají, Azucena Bunders-Aelen, Joske Zuiderent-Jerak, Teun Glob Public Health Article In their roles as nurses, data collectors, or other, fieldworkers undertake myriad tasks working intimately with and on the bodies of others – a type of work called ‘body work’. This work further includes the micropolitical relations shaping these interactions, and studies have shown the importance of these relationships in the success of clinical trials, particularly in the Gambia. This study seeks to expand the concept of body work to understand the roles and interactions of fieldworkers within the trial community, and the effect on a mass drug administration (MDA) clinical trial. We conducted a mixed-methods social science study alongside the MDA in 2018–2019, including indepth interviews, focus group discussions, and semi-structured observations with the population involved (and not) in the MDA, as well as the MRC fieldworkers. We found that fieldworkers participated in what we call ‘reciprocity work’. Through their regular tasks and interactions, they necessarily showed respect and established trust in a way that formed and contributed to reciprocal relationships, the results of which impacted the trial and individuals’ autonomy in the decisionmaking process. Understanding the role of fieldworkers and their reciprocity work is a vital component in comprehending how research ethics are made and conducted in global health research. 2022-10-02 2022-10-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7614349/ /pubmed/36183416 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2022.2125998 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) International license.
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Nieto-Sanchez, Claudia
Muela, Joan
Manneh, Ebrima
Baldeh, Dullo
Ceesay, Omar
D’Alessandro, Umberto
Dabira, Edgard
Kingori, Patricia
Grietens, Koen Peeters
Bardají, Azucena
Bunders-Aelen, Joske
Zuiderent-Jerak, Teun
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36183416
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