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    Reporting results back in Health and demographic surveillance systems (HDSS) : an ethical requirement and a strategy for improving health behaviours
    (2016) Mondain, Nathalie; Delaunay, Valérie; Ouedraogo, Valerie
    This paper addresses the issue of reporting results back in Health and demographic surveillance systems (HDSS). In these particular research platforms, populations are constantly solicited through the longitudinal demographic follow-up and additional surveys. Therefore, reporting results back directly to participants should be considered as a strong ethical requirement. However, like in most health oriented research, results are mostly disseminated among decision makers and local authorities. Therefore, HDSS residents increasingly question the objectives of these studies. Using a participatory approach, 3 days were organized in 2015 to report back findings based on 50 years of research on population, health and environment in the Niakhar HDSS in Senegal. Drawing from the evaluation conducted among a sample of participants to the event, we show that beyond the ethical dimension, such activities may also contribute to change populations’ attitudes to research practices and further influence individuals’ health behaviors at the local level.
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    Revisiting result-dissemination processes in sub-Saharan Africa using a qualitative and participatory perspective
    (2024) Mondain, Nathalie; Ouedraogo, Valerie
    Beyond their obvious ethical dimension, how do result-dissemination initiatives affect populations’ agency to use and integrate the information into their daily lives? In this paper we demonstrate, in the context of a research platform in sub-Saharan Africa that produces quantitative evidence-based data in the population, health and environment fields, that disseminating scientific results using a qualitative and participatory approach has a potential for the populations who participated in the research projects to achieve empowerment. The article discusses the challenges for researchers trained in a rational linear disciplinary perspective to collaborate in the design of a participatory research feedback event. We emphasize the pertinence of evaluating dissemination processes using qualitative individual interviews to understand the complexities of capturing the process of knowledge interactions in different contexts. We end in the discussion by suggesting the adoption of a participatory-action research approach which seems particularly well adapted for similar case-studies. Au-delà de leur dimension éthique évidente, cet article interroge comment les initiatives de diffusion des résultats affectent la capacité des populations à utiliser et à intégrer les informations dans leur vie quotidienne. Nous démontrons, dans le contexte d’une plateforme de recherche en Afrique subsaharienne qui produit des données quantitatives fondées dans les domaines de la population, de la santé et de l’environnement, que la diffusion de résultats scientifiques à l’aide d’une approche qualitative et participative peut permettre aux populations qui ont participé aux projets de recherché de gagner en empowerment. L’article aborde les défis auxquels sont confrontés les chercheurs formés dans une perspective disciplinaire rationnelle linéaire pour collaborer à la conception d’un événement participatif de recherche rétroaction. Nous soulignons la pertinence de l’évaluation des processus de diffusion à l’aide d’entretiens individuels qualitatifs afin de comprendre la complexité de la saisie du processus d’interaction des connaissances dans différents contextes. Nous terminons la discussion en suggérant l’adoption d’une approche de recherche participative-action qui semble particulièrement bien adaptée à des études de cas similaires.