Lessons learnt in recruiting schoolchildren into a large asthma case-control study in urban Uganda

Milly Namutebi; Marble Nnaluwooza; Pius Tumwesige; Mike Mukasa; Barbara Apule; Caroline Onen; Tonny Katongole; Josephine Tumusiime; Hellen Akurut; Alison Elliott ORCID logo; +1 more... Harriet Mpairwe ORCID logo; (2020) Lessons learnt in recruiting schoolchildren into a large asthma case-control study in urban Uganda. Wellcome Open Research, 5. p. 251. DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16371.1
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<ns3:p>Schools present an excellent opportunity for research among children and adolescents. We share our experiences and lessons learnt in enrolling schoolchildren into a large asthma case-control study from schools in urban Uganda, and make recommendations for best practices.</ns3:p><ns3:p> Our key lessons were as follows: working closely with the school administration and teachers was vital in gaining timely access to parents of the schoolchildren; having a meeting with parents, within their children’s school premises, was a cost-effective way of reaching a wide audience of potential research participants with our message and an opportunity to seek their participation; allowing flexibility within our processes enabled us to fit our research activities within the school schedule, and with minimal disruptions; however, obtaining informed written consent from parents of children in the boarding section of school remained a challenge.</ns3:p><ns3:p> In conclusion, conducting research in schools in Uganda is feasible and may be a cost-effective way to make the most of limited resources to remedy the research and data deficiencies among school-age children in sub-Saharan Africa.</ns3:p>


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