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ArticleBMC public health2020

Crowdsourcing contests to facilitate community engagement in HIV cure research: a qualitative evaluation of facilitators and barriers of participation.

Yang Zhao, Suzanne Day, Nancy S Yang, Huanyu Bao, Linghua Li, Allison Mathews, Joseph D Tucker

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Article in BMC public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.

Yang ZhaoUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Project China, No.2 Lujing Road, Guangzhou, China.
Suzanne DayInstitute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA.
Nancy S YangUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Project China, No.2 Lujing Road, Guangzhou, China.
Huanyu BaoUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Project China, No.2 Lujing Road, Guangzhou, China.
Linghua LiInfectious Diseases Department, Guangzhou Eighth People's Hospital, Guangzhou, China.
Allison MathewsUniversity of Minnesota Medical School - Twin Cities, Minneapolis, USA.
Joseph D TuckerUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Project China, No.2 Lujing Road, Guangzhou, China. jdtucker@med.unc.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2804-1181
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USGuangzhou Eighth People's Hospital · CNUniversity of Minnesota · US

Funding

Wake Forest Clinical and Translational Science AwardUL1TR001420 · NCATS · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI ARD, JAMY D, FOLEY, KRISTIE L · 2015 to 2023
$32.3M
Unintended and Intended Implications of HIV Cure: A Social and Ethical AnalysisR01AI108366 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI RENNIE, STUART, TUCKER, JOSEPH DAVID · 2013 to 2017
$2.9M
Mentoring Multidisciplinary Global HIV Patient-Oriented ResearchK24AI143471 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Joseph David Tucker · 2019 to 2026
$1.4M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001420NIAID NIH HHS K24 AI143471
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAs HIV cure research advances, there is an increasing need for community engagement in health research, especially in low- and middle-income countries with ongoing clinical trials. Crowdsourcing contests provide an innovative bottom-up way to solicit community feedback on clinical trials in order to enhance community engagement. The objective of this study was to identify facilitators and barriers to participating in crowdsourcing contests about HIV cure research in a city with ongoing HIV cure clinical trials.

methodsWe conducted in-depth interviews to evaluate facilitators and barriers to participating in crowdsourcing contests in Guangzhou, China. Contests included the following activities: organizing a call for entries, promoting the call, evaluating entries, celebrating exceptional entries, and sharing entries. We interviewed 31 individuals, including nine HIV cure clinical trial participants, 17 contest participants, and five contest organizers. Our sample included men who have sex with men (20), people living with HIV (14), and people who inject drugs (5). We audio-recorded, transcribed, and thematically analyzed the data using inductive and deductive coding techniques.

resultsFacilitators of crowdsourcing contest participation included responsiveness to lived experiences, strong community interest in HIV research, and community trust in medical professionals and related groups. Contests had more participants if they responded to the lived experiences, challenges, and opportunities of living with HIV in China. Strong community interest in HIV research helped to drive the formulation and execution of HIV cure contests, building support and momentum for these activities. Finally, participant trust in medical professionals and related groups (community-based organizations and contest organizers) further strengthened the ties between community members and researchers. Barriers to participating in crowdsourcing contests included persistent HIV stigma and myths about HIV. Stigma associated with discussing HIV made promotion difficult in certain contexts (e.g., city squares and schools). Myths and misperceptions about HIV science confused participants.

conclusionsOur data identified facilitators and barriers of participation in HIV cure crowdsourcing contests in China. Our findings could complement existing HIV community engagement strategies and help to design HIV contests for community engagement in other settings, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.

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CrowdsourcingClinical Trials as TopicCommunity ParticipationDisease EradicationFemaleHIV InfectionsHumansMaleQualitative ResearchBarriersChinaCommunity engagementCrowdsourcing contestsFacilitators

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