Background Researchers conducting community-based participatory action research
(CBPAR) in highly collectivistic and socioeconomically disadvantaged community settings in …

For researchers in Aotearoa New Zealand who intend to conduct research with people, it is
common practice to first ensure that their proposals are approved by a Human Research …

Background Various interventions to improve the quality of life (QoL) among slum dwellers
across sub Saharan Africa have been implemented. However, the interventions impacts …

Research ethics forms a fundamental and critical aspect of any research endeavour. It
therefore becomes pertinent to pay close attention to our understanding of research ethics …

THE EXPERIENCES OF SENIOR WOMEN TRADITIONAL LEADERS IN ADDRESSING
WOMEN ABUSE IN KWAZULU-NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA: AN AFROCENTRIC AND Page 1 …

Africa continues to be burdened by widespread poverty and endemic diseases, with huge
inequity in accessing healthcare services. Health research in all its forms is essential to …

Since the exposure of human rights abuses in research, there has over the years been
extensive progress made in development of international ethical guidelines for conduct of …

Though some argue that bioethics in the Black African world is simply a reflection of the
Western approach to bioethics, this work suggests otherwise. While the Western approach …

The aim of this chapter is to initiate a critical conversation on the need to question the
applicability and appropriateness of the use of a predominately biomedical framework for …

This chapter focuses on the social sciences rather than the biomedical sciences. Similarly,
there is much critique of the relationship between the North and South, especially when it …