Reply To: Lesson 5

I agree with Jessica — Patchara’s description of the way that situation was handled is really an excellent example of best practices in circumstances where participants need our support but confidentiality remains key. Stakeholder support of other stakeholders, especially when we cannot directly provide the support needed, is another superb reason why stakeholder engagement is so critical, particularly because once the research team does complete a trial and, in some cases, contact with those stakeholders is decreased due to less direct engagement, these stakeholders will still have the networks they have forged, through you, with one another, and they can fall back on these as needed to support one another.