Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mae Sot, Tak, 63110 Thailand ; Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10400 Thailand ; Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, OX3 7LJ, United Kingdom.
Int Health. 2010 Jun;2(2):123-9. doi: 10.1016/j.inhe.2010.02.001.
Community engagement is increasingly promoted in developing countries, especially in international health research, but there is little published experience. The Shoklo Malaria Research Unit (SMRU) conducts research with refugees, migrant workers, displaced people, and day migrants on the Thai-Burmese border, and has recently facilitated the set up of the Tak Province Border Community Ethics Advisory Board (T-CAB). Valuable lessons have been learnt from consultation with the T-CAB especially in the area of participant recruitment and the informed consent process. A lot of new research questions have emerged from consultation with the T-CAB. This paper describes our experience, lessons learnt and the unique challenges faced working with the T-CAB from its initial conception to date. We conclude that consultation with the T-CAB has made improvements in our research in particular operational and ethical aspects of our studies.
社区参与在发展中国家越来越受到推崇，特别是在国际卫生研究领域，但发表的经验却很少。肖克利疟疾研究单位（SMRU）在泰国-缅甸边境与难民、移民工人、流离失所者和日移民进行研究，并最近促成了泰国Tak 省边境社区伦理咨询委员会（T-CAB）的成立。通过与 T-CAB 的协商，我们学到了宝贵的经验，特别是在参与者招募和知情同意过程方面。通过与 T-CAB 的协商，出现了许多新的研究问题。本文描述了我们的经验、教训以及在与 T-CAB 合作方面面临的独特挑战，从最初的构想至今。我们得出结论，与 T-CAB 的协商改进了我们的研究，特别是我们研究的操作和伦理方面。
