Health service needs and perspectives of remote forest communities in Papua New Guinea: study protocol for combined clinical and rapid anthropological assessments with parallel treatment of urgent cases.
Jo MiddletonMohammad Yazid AbdadEmilie BeauchampGavin ColthartMaxwell J F CooperFrancesca DemJames FairheadCaroline L GrundyMichael G HeadJoao InacioMavis JimbudoChristopher Iain JonesMartina KonecnaMoses LamanHayley MacGregorVojtech NovotnyMika PeckJason PaliauJonah PhilipWillie PomatChrissy H RobertsShen SuiAlan J StewartStephen L WalkerJackie A CassellPublished in: BMJ open (2020)
Challenges include supporting informed consent in communities with low literacy and diverse cultures, moral duties to provide treatment alongside research in medically underserved areas while minimising risks of therapeutic misconception and inappropriate inducement, and PNG research capacity building. Brighton and Sussex Medical School (UK), PNG Institute of Medical Research and PNG Medical Research Advisory Committee have approved the study. Dissemination will be via journals, village meetings and plain language summaries.