Complex realities: community engagement for a paediatric randomized controlled malaria vaccine trial in Kilifi, Kenya

Table 3 Summary of community engagement activities ¹

Period	Activity	Who involved
Month 1	Consultation and sensitisation of Kilifi District stakeholders	1. MoH structure: District Medical Officer of Health and District Health Management Team at Kilifi District Hospital. All health facility in-charges working in Kilifi District
Month 1		2. Provincial administration structures: District Commissioner, Senior District Officer, all chiefs working in Kilifi District
Months 2 to 6	Community entry and sensitisation of stakeholders in sites A, B and C respectively	1. MoH Structure: Dispensary health committees, dispensary staff (facility in-charges, nurses, public health officers, community health extension workers), and community health workers (CHWs)
		2. Local administration: District officers, local (assistant) chiefs and village elders
		3. Others: primary school head teachers, religious leaders, a local District Stakeholders Forum
Months 8 to 13	Identification and recruitment of 5 to 17 month-old children (n = 600)	CHWs and fieldworkers
Months 15 to 27	Identification and recruitment of 6 to 12 week-old children (n = 304)	CHWs and fieldworkers
From month 8 to date	Follow-up of research participants	Fieldworkers
From month 8 to date	Continuous feedback to and from community	Fieldworkers and other key gatekeepers
	Feedback of results	Involves all of the above, for example, preliminary study results disseminated

¹Source: Angwenyi V, Kamuya D, Mwachiro D, Marsh V, Njuguna P, Molyneux S: Working with community health workers as ‘volunteers’ in a vaccine trial: practical and ethical experiences and implications. Dev World Bioeth 2013, 13:38– 47.

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