Revisiting community engagement methods in the context of data science research and big data use in South Africa

Gonasagrie Nair¹, Theresa L Burgess^{1

2}, Adetayo E Obasa¹, Sharon Kling^{1

3}, Shenuka Singh^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, WHO Bioethics Collaborating Centre, Department of Medicine, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
² Division of Physiotherapy, Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
³ Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁴ Discipline of Dentistry, School of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.

Gonasagrie Nair et al. S Afr J Sci. 2023 May-Jun.

. 2023 May-Jun;119(5-6):14723.

doi: 10.17159/sajs.2023/14723. Epub 2023 May 30.

Gonasagrie Nair¹, Theresa L Burgess^{1

2}, Adetayo E Obasa¹, Sharon Kling^{1

3}, Shenuka Singh^{1

4}

¹ Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, WHO Bioethics Collaborating Centre, Department of Medicine, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
² Division of Physiotherapy, Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
³ Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁴ Discipline of Dentistry, School of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.

No abstract available

Keywords: big data; citizen science; community engagement; data ownership; data science.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests We have no competing interests to declare.

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