What should South African HIV vaccine trials do about social harms?

dc.contributor.authorMilford C.
dc.contributor.authorBarsdorf N.
dc.contributor.authorKafaar Z.
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-15T15:58:49Z
dc.date.available2011-05-15T15:58:49Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractPhase I and II HIV vaccine trials are currently underway in South Africa. Sites are being prepared for Phase III vaccine trials. Participants in these trials risk exposure to 'social harms' that may impact on participant enrolment and retention and threaten their welfare. Potential social harms should be prevented, minimised and/or addressed. This paper examines the literature on potential social harms in HIV vaccine trials. It outlines the type and severity and frequency of potential social harms and ways these have been monitored in settings in the developed world and Thailand. We argue that many of these social harms are likely to manifest in South African trials, however, it is also likely social harms may manifest differently in our setting, such as domestic violence. Therefore careful formative research is required to identify what constitutes a social harm in our setting. Measures should be carefully tailored to record such events and methods established to prevent or address these. © 2007 Taylor & Francis.
dc.description.versionArticle
dc.identifier.citationAIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
dc.identifier.citation19
dc.identifier.citation9
dc.identifier.issn9540121
dc.identifier.other10.1080/09540120701335212
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/10864
dc.subjectHuman immunodeficiency virus vaccine
dc.subjectarticle
dc.subjectclinical research
dc.subjectclinical trial
dc.subjectdomestic violence
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjectHuman immunodeficiency virus infection
dc.subjectmedical literature
dc.subjectpriority journal
dc.subjectrisk factor
dc.subjectsocial aspect
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subjectThailand
dc.subjectAcquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
dc.subjectAIDS Vaccines
dc.subjectAttitude to Health
dc.subjectClinical Trials as Topic
dc.subjectEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
dc.subjectHarm Reduction
dc.subjectHIV Seropositivity
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.titleWhat should South African HIV vaccine trials do about social harms?
dc.typeArticle
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