SidaGhanaV1, Main, Exploration, bibRecord, 000C72

Using Mystery Clients to Assess Condom Negotiation in Malawi: Some Ethical Concerns

Identifieur interne : 000C72 ( Main/Exploration ); précédent : 000C71; suivant : 000C73

Using Mystery Clients to Assess Condom Negotiation in Malawi: Some Ethical Concerns

Auteurs : Francine Van Den Borne

Source :

Studies in Family Planning [ 0039-3665 ] ; 2007-12.

RBID : ISTEX:63FD8F618C5F0719EBA9A0A8A9F435002F7762DB

Descripteurs français

Wicri :
- geographic : Malawi.
- topic : Planification de la famille, Politique de la santé, Santé publique, Simulation.

English descriptors

Abstract

To halt the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Malawi, donors supported the government in promoting safer sex among women who solicit sex with men in and around bars. In 1996, a qualitative study explored the changing dynamics of concurrent sexual partnerships, using a variety of researchers and methods. Although most international ethical research codes prescribe the informed consent of research subjects, the present author, as principal investigator for that study, included the mystery‐client method, which omits informants’consent. Five trained, pilot‐tested, and closely supervised male researchers contacted 101 bar girls and “freelancing” women in trading and urban centers to assess the women's ability to negotiate condom use. The men posed as clients but were instructed not to have sex with their informants. This approach provided important contextualized information to improve HIV transmission‐prevention programs, yet it raises ethical concerns. This article is intended to contribute to the dialogue and debate on ethical research involving mystery clients and to encourage other researchers to share their ethical dilemmas and show how they have addressed them.

Url:

https://api.istex.fr/document/63FD8F618C5F0719EBA9A0A8A9F435002F7762DB/fulltext/pdf

DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2007.00144.x

Affiliations:

Links toward previous steps (curation, corpus...)

to stream Istex, to step Corpus: 000267
to stream Istex, to step Curation: 000267
to stream Istex, to step Checkpoint: 000331
to stream Main, to step Merge: 000D04
to stream Main, to step Curation: 000C72

Le document en format XML

<record><TEI wicri:istexFullTextTei="biblStruct"><teiHeader><fileDesc><titleStmt><title xml:lang="en">Using Mystery Clients to Assess Condom Negotiation in Malawi: Some Ethical Concerns</title>
<author><name sortKey="Van Den Borne, Francine" sort="Van Den Borne, Francine" uniqKey="Van Den Borne F" first="Francine" last="Van Den Borne">Francine Van Den Borne</name>
</author>
</titleStmt>
<publicationStmt><idno type="wicri:source">ISTEX</idno>
<idno type="RBID">ISTEX:63FD8F618C5F0719EBA9A0A8A9F435002F7762DB</idno>
<date when="2007" year="2007">2007</date>
<idno type="doi">10.1111/j.1728-4465.2007.00144.x</idno>
<idno type="url">https://api.istex.fr/document/63FD8F618C5F0719EBA9A0A8A9F435002F7762DB/fulltext/pdf</idno>
<idno type="wicri:Area/Istex/Corpus">000267</idno>
<idno type="wicri:explorRef" wicri:stream="Istex" wicri:step="Corpus" wicri:corpus="ISTEX">000267</idno>
<idno type="wicri:Area/Istex/Curation">000267</idno>
<idno type="wicri:Area/Istex/Checkpoint">000331</idno>
<idno type="wicri:explorRef" wicri:stream="Istex" wicri:step="Checkpoint">000331</idno>
<idno type="wicri:doubleKey">0039-3665:2007:Van Den Borne F:using:mystery:clients</idno>
<idno type="wicri:Area/Main/Merge">000D04</idno>
<idno type="wicri:Area/Main/Curation">000C72</idno>
<idno type="wicri:Area/Main/Exploration">000C72</idno>
</publicationStmt>
<sourceDesc><biblStruct><analytic><title level="a" type="main">Using Mystery Clients to Assess Condom Negotiation in Malawi: Some Ethical Concerns</title>
<author><name sortKey="Van Den Borne, Francine" sort="Van Den Borne, Francine" uniqKey="Van Den Borne F" first="Francine" last="Van Den Borne">Francine Van Den Borne</name>
<affiliation><wicri:noCountry code="subField">Sciences.</wicri:noCountry>
</affiliation>
</author>
</analytic>
<monogr></monogr>
<series><title level="j" type="main">Studies in Family Planning</title>
<title level="j" type="alt">STUDIES IN FAMILY PLANNING</title>
<idno type="ISSN">0039-3665</idno>
<idno type="eISSN">1728-4465</idno>
<imprint><biblScope unit="vol">38</biblScope>
<biblScope unit="issue">4</biblScope>
<biblScope unit="page" from="322">322</biblScope>
<biblScope unit="page" to="330">330</biblScope>
<biblScope unit="page-count">9</biblScope>
<publisher>Blackwell Publishing Ltd</publisher>
<pubPlace>Oxford, UK</pubPlace>
<date type="published" when="2007-12">2007-12</date>
</imprint>
<idno type="ISSN">0039-3665</idno>
</series>
</biblStruct>
</sourceDesc>
<seriesStmt><idno type="ISSN">0039-3665</idno>
</seriesStmt>
</fileDesc>
<profileDesc><textClass><keywords scheme="KwdEn" xml:lang="en"><term>Aids project</term>
<term>Bartering</term>
<term>Cassette recorders</term>
<term>Condom</term>
<term>Condom negotiation</term>
<term>Consistent condom</term>
<term>Contextualized information</term>
<term>Covert</term>
<term>Covert method</term>
<term>Covert research methods</term>
<term>Deception</term>
<term>Direct contact</term>
<term>Drinking establishments</term>
<term>Ethical dilemmas</term>
<term>Ethical issues</term>
<term>Ethical principles</term>
<term>Ethical research</term>
<term>Ethical standards</term>
<term>Ethical systems</term>
<term>European commission</term>
<term>Exploratory study</term>
<term>Fake patient</term>
<term>Family planning</term>
<term>Female assistants</term>
<term>Female field assistants</term>
<term>Field assistants</term>
<term>Field reports</term>
<term>Freelancer</term>
<term>Health policy</term>
<term>Health services</term>
<term>Informant</term>
<term>Innovative approach</term>
<term>Malawi</term>
<term>Male field assistants</term>
<term>Male research assistants</term>
<term>Mystery clients</term>
<term>Mysteryclient method</term>
<term>Nacp</term>
<term>Newbury park</term>
<term>Participant</term>
<term>Participant observation</term>
<term>Peer educators</term>
<term>Pilot phase</term>
<term>Poor women</term>
<term>Principal investigator</term>
<term>Professional responsibilities</term>
<term>Public health</term>
<term>Qualitative research</term>
<term>Qualitative study</term>
<term>Reproductive health policy</term>
<term>Research activities</term>
<term>Research methods</term>
<term>Research questions</term>
<term>Research subjects</term>
<term>Researcher</term>
<term>Rest houses</term>
<term>Review committee</term>
<term>Sage publications</term>
<term>Sensitive issues</term>
<term>Sexual activities</term>
<term>Sexual practices</term>
<term>Simulation</term>
<term>Social research</term>
<term>Social scientists</term>
<term>Structural violence</term>
<term>Support group</term>
<term>Task force</term>
<term>Trading centers</term>
<term>Training curriculum</term>
<term>Undercover method</term>
<term>Urban malawi</term>
<term>Valid information</term>
<term>Verbal proxy consent</term>
</keywords>
<keywords scheme="Teeft" xml:lang="en"><term>Aids project</term>
<term>Bartering</term>
<term>Cassette recorders</term>
<term>Condom</term>
<term>Condom negotiation</term>
<term>Consistent condom</term>
<term>Contextualized information</term>
<term>Covert</term>
<term>Covert method</term>
<term>Covert research methods</term>
<term>Deception</term>
<term>Direct contact</term>
<term>Drinking establishments</term>
<term>Ethical dilemmas</term>
<term>Ethical issues</term>
<term>Ethical principles</term>
<term>Ethical research</term>
<term>Ethical standards</term>
<term>Ethical systems</term>
<term>European commission</term>
<term>Exploratory study</term>
<term>Fake patient</term>
<term>Family planning</term>
<term>Female assistants</term>
<term>Female field assistants</term>
<term>Field assistants</term>
<term>Field reports</term>
<term>Freelancer</term>
<term>Health policy</term>
<term>Health services</term>
<term>Informant</term>
<term>Innovative approach</term>
<term>Malawi</term>
<term>Male field assistants</term>
<term>Male research assistants</term>
<term>Mystery clients</term>
<term>Mysteryclient method</term>
<term>Nacp</term>
<term>Newbury park</term>
<term>Participant</term>
<term>Participant observation</term>
<term>Peer educators</term>
<term>Pilot phase</term>
<term>Poor women</term>
<term>Principal investigator</term>
<term>Professional responsibilities</term>
<term>Public health</term>
<term>Qualitative research</term>
<term>Qualitative study</term>
<term>Reproductive health policy</term>
<term>Research activities</term>
<term>Research methods</term>
<term>Research questions</term>
<term>Research subjects</term>
<term>Researcher</term>
<term>Rest houses</term>
<term>Review committee</term>
<term>Sage publications</term>
<term>Sensitive issues</term>
<term>Sexual activities</term>
<term>Sexual practices</term>
<term>Simulation</term>
<term>Social research</term>
<term>Social scientists</term>
<term>Structural violence</term>
<term>Support group</term>
<term>Task force</term>
<term>Trading centers</term>
<term>Training curriculum</term>
<term>Undercover method</term>
<term>Urban malawi</term>
<term>Valid information</term>
<term>Verbal proxy consent</term>
</keywords>
<keywords scheme="Wicri" type="geographic" xml:lang="fr"><term>Malawi</term>
</keywords>
<keywords scheme="Wicri" type="topic" xml:lang="fr"><term>Planification de la famille</term>
<term>Politique de la santé</term>
<term>Santé publique</term>
<term>Simulation</term>
</keywords>
</textClass>
</profileDesc>
</teiHeader>
<front><div type="abstract" xml:lang="en">To halt the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Malawi, donors supported the government in promoting safer sex among women who solicit sex with men in and around bars. In 1996, a qualitative study explored the changing dynamics of concurrent sexual partnerships, using a variety of researchers and methods. Although most international ethical research codes prescribe the informed consent of research subjects, the present author, as principal investigator for that study, included the mystery‐client method, which omits informants’consent. Five trained, pilot‐tested, and closely supervised male researchers contacted 101 bar girls and “freelancing” women in trading and urban centers to assess the women's ability to negotiate condom use. The men posed as clients but were instructed not to have sex with their informants. This approach provided important contextualized information to improve HIV transmission‐prevention programs, yet it raises ethical concerns. This article is intended to contribute to the dialogue and debate on ethical research involving mystery clients and to encourage other researchers to share their ethical dilemmas and show how they have addressed them.</div>
</front>
</TEI>
<affiliations><list></list>
<tree><noCountry><name sortKey="Van Den Borne, Francine" sort="Van Den Borne, Francine" uniqKey="Van Den Borne F" first="Francine" last="Van Den Borne">Francine Van Den Borne</name>
</noCountry>
</tree>
</affiliations>
</record>

Pour manipuler ce document sous Unix (Dilib)

EXPLOR_STEP=$WICRI_ROOT/Wicri/Sante/explor/SidaGhanaV1/Data/Main/Exploration

HfdSelect -h $EXPLOR_STEP/biblio.hfd -nk 000C72 | SxmlIndent | more

HfdSelect -h $EXPLOR_AREA/Data/Main/Exploration/biblio.hfd -nk 000C72 | SxmlIndent | more

Pour mettre un lien sur cette page dans le réseau Wicri

{{Explor lien
   |wiki=    Wicri/Sante
   |area=    SidaGhanaV1
   |flux=    Main
   |étape=   Exploration
   |type=    RBID
   |clé=     ISTEX:63FD8F618C5F0719EBA9A0A8A9F435002F7762DB
   |texte=   Using Mystery Clients to Assess Condom Negotiation in Malawi: Some Ethical Concerns
}}

This area was generated with Dilib version V0.6.31.
Data generation: Tue Nov 7 18:07:38 2017. Site generation: Tue Mar 5 15:01:57 2024

	Le SIDA au Ghana (serveur d'exploration)
	Attention, ce site est en cours de développement ! Attention, site généré par des moyens informatiques à partir de corpus bruts. Les informations ne sont donc pas validées.

Le SIDA au Ghana (serveur d'exploration)

Using Mystery Clients to Assess Condom Negotiation in Malawi: Some Ethical Concerns

Using Mystery Clients to Assess Condom Negotiation in Malawi: Some Ethical Concerns

Source :

Descripteurs français

English descriptors

Abstract

Links toward previous steps (curation, corpus...)

Le document en format XML

Pour manipuler ce document sous Unix (Dilib)

Pour mettre un lien sur cette page dans le réseau Wicri