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Joyce
March 15, 2017At our site we have never used a social media in communicating about research. But I think this could be the best communication channel in research because it may help the site to learn peoples perceptions concerning trials. The research team will scrutinize the views and incorporate them in planning key messages to the community.
Ok, when resources are insufficient to support formal formative research activities engage the media, inform and educate them about your research question. In the course of their daily work the media will incorporate our research programs into their programs. They have community health programs where they meets with different community stakeholders in their respective places and they are able to gather inputs, views and questions concerning our research studies. The programs are aired on radios, TVs and newspapers. The process goes on and on and this will help the research team to get information from community stakeholders though with insufficient resources. We can still manage to facilitate the participation of community stakeholders.
Joyce
February 24, 2017
Involve much the media and they will help very much because media reaches the public widely. In this way the insufficient fund you have can support formal formative research activities.Joyce
February 24, 2017By meeting community stakeholders separately right in their respective areas. This strategy helps to gather more information, we knows which stakeholder have more information about clinical trials and which one doesn’t. The research team will plan well the engagement program to address the knowledge gap according to their understanding. What we need to improve is to engage all the community stakeholders because some were left behind. Sorry for responding late due to other commitments.
Joyce
February 13, 2017 at 10:15 amCommunity stakeholders should feel part and parcel of the clinical trials. This can only be possible by planning of engaging them throughout the trial life circle, keeping in touch with them regularly. They should be encouraged to visit the trial site at anytime, this activity will enable them to establish ongoing relationship with the clinic staff. This strategy can help to retain the community stakeholders.
Joyce,
HI, My name is Joyce Mwese from Malawi working with UNC PROJECT Lilongwe. I’m a Community Educator in a clinical trial unit, my responsibilities are to plan, conduct meetings with stakeholders during the trial life circle. I also do HIV Testing and Counseling to trial participants. GPP course will help me very much to learn more best skills in engaging stakeholders, to add more knowledge pertaining my work and assists to achieve the vision of my project.
Joyce Mwese,
February 2,2017 at 11:17amBy establishing a close working relationship with the leadership and team members. They should be involved and participating the planned meetings with stakeholders because the leadership is accountable for the effective functioning of the team. I once involved the principle investigator and some of the trial staff to a retention meeting of trial participants with traditional leaders. The meeting acted as an eye opener to them by hearing their views, inputs and ideas which helped a lot in retention of study participants.
