This paper discusses the ethical challenges faced by a CBPR study in rural Kenya to develop and pilot a family-based HIV prevention and mental health promotion intervention. The ethical challenges that emerged related to: negotiating power imbalances between academic partners and the community advisory committee; the community advisory committee members’ shifting roles as part of the committee and the wider community; and anticipated challenges in decision making about sustainability.

Puffer, E. S., Pian, J., Sikkema, K. J., Ogwang-Odhiambo, R. A., & Broverman, S. A. (2013). Developing a family-based HIV prevention intervention in rural Kenya: Challenges in conducting community-based participatory research. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 8(2), 119-128. Full Text.