Open AccessQuality of Parental Consent in a Ugandan Malaria Study
Author(s) -
Christine A. Pace,
Ambrose Talisuna,
David Wendler,
Faustin Maiso,
Fred Wâbwire-Mângen,
Nathan Bakyaita,
Edith Okiria,
Elizabeth S. Garrett-Mayer,
Ezekiel J. Emanuel,
Christine Grady
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2004.053082
Subject(s) - medicine , family medicine , malaria , informed consent , randomization , parental consent , randomized controlled trial , pediatrics , alternative medicine , surgery , immunology , pathology
We surveyed Ugandan parents who enrolled their children in a randomized pediatric malaria treatment trial to evaluate the parents' levels of understanding about the treatment trial and the quality of the parents' consents to allow their children to participate in the study.