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Gordon, Stephen 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6576-1116, Chinula, Lameck, Chilima, Ben, Mwapasa, Victor, Dadabhai, Sufia and Mlombe, Yohannie
(2018)
'A Malawi guideline for research study participant remuneration'. Wellcome Open Research, Vol 3, p. 141.
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Abstract
Background: Research participant remuneration has been variable and inconsistent world-wide for many years owing to uncertainty regarding best practice and a lack of written guidelines for investigators and research ethics committees. Recent recommendations are that researchers and regulators should develop regionally appropriate written guidelines to define reasonable remuneration based on expense reimbursement, compensation for time and burden associated with participation. Incentives to motivate participation are acceptable in specific circumstances. Methods: We wished to develop regionally informed, precise and applicable guidelines in Malawi that might also be generally useful for African researchers and review committees. We therefore reviewed the current literature and developed widely applicable and specific remuneration tables using acceptable and evidence-based payment rationales. Results: There were good international guidelines and limited published regional guidelines. There were published examples of best practice and sufficient material to suggest a structured remuneration table. The rationale and method for the table were discussed at an inter-disciplinary workshop resulting in a reimbursement and compensation model with fixed rates. Payment is recommended pro rata and equally across a study. Conclusions: Transparent, fair remuneration of research participants is recommended by researchers and regulators in Malawi. The means to achieve this are now presented in the Malawi research participant remuneration table.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | W General Medicine. Health Professions > W 74 Medical economics. Health care costs W General Medicine. Health Professions > W 26.5 Informatics. Health informatics WA Public Health > Health Problems of Special Population Groups > WA 395 Health in developing countries |
| Faculty: Department: | Clinical Sciences & International Health > Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Programme (MLW) |
| Digital Object Identifer (DOI): | https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.14668.1 |
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| SWORD Depositor: | JISC Pubrouter |
| Depositing User: | Stacy Murtagh |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Nov 2018 13:45 |
| Last Modified: | 27 May 2021 11:46 |
| URI: | https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/9607 |
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