When communities are really in control: ethical issues surrounding community mobilisation for dengue prevention in Mexico and Nicaragua

• Main Authors: Robert J. Ledogar (Author), Carlos Hernández-Alvarez (Author), Amy C. Morrison (Author), Jorge Arosteguí (Author), Arcadio Morales-Perez (Author), Elizabeth Nava-Aguilera (Author), José Legorreta-Soberanis (Author), Dawn Caldwell (Author), Josefina Coloma (Author), Eva Harris (Author), Neil Andersson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract We discuss two ethical issues raised by Camino Verde, a 2011-2012 cluster-randomised controlled trial in Mexico and Nicaragua, that reduced dengue risk though community mobilisation. The issues arise from the approach adopted by the intervention, one called Socialisation of Evidence for Par...