title: Ethical challenges and opportunities for nurses in HIV and AIDS community-based participatory research in Jamaica.
abstract: As part of a multinational program of research, we undertook a community-based participatory research project in Jamaica to strengthen nurses' engagement in HIV and AIDS policy. Three leadership hubs were purposefully convened and included small groups of people (6-10) from diverse HIV and AIDS stakeholder groups in Jamaica: frontline nurses and nurse managers in primary and secondary care settings; researchers; health care decision makers; and other community members. People living with HIV or AIDS were among the hub members. Using a relational public health ethics framework, we outline some of the ethical challenges and opportunities experienced by the research team and the leadership hubs. Data included research assistant field notes and hub progress reports. Emerging ethical concerns were associated with relational personhood, social justice, relational autonomy, relational solidarity, and sustainability of the hub activities.
authors.affiliation: Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Colleen M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Davison
authors.forename: Eulalia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kahwa
authors.forename: Uki
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Atkinson
authors.forename: Cerese
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hepburn-Brown
authors.forename: Joyette
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aiken
authors.forename: Pauline
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dawkins
authors.forename: Tania
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rae
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roelofs
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: MacFarlane
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; D001290:Attitude; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research / Q000941:ethics*; D032984:Ethics, Research; D015658:HIV Infections; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007563:Jamaica; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009726:Nurses; D011634:Public Health / Q000941:ethics*; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012935:Social Justice