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Professor of Community Health Education, Department of Public Health, School of Public Health and Health Sciences
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David Buchanan, DrPH, is a Full Professor of Community Health Education, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts at Amherst and Director of the Institute for Global Health. He earned both his Master’s degree and his doctorate in health education from the School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley. His primary research interests include public health ethics, in particular, broadening public health goals to look beyond physical fitness towards improving quality of life, expanding human autonomy and promoting social justice; community-based participatory research; identifying more appropriate criteria for evaluating community health education programs, such as the degree of community input and control, and degree of trust between partners; and international health. Among his many publications, he is the author of An Ethic for Health Promotion: Rethinking the sources of human well being published by Oxford University Press.
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    Pskov Youth Reproductive Health Project
    (2010-01-01) Buchanan, David
    The goals of the Comprehensive Community-Based Public Health Prevention Project in Pskov, Russia are: (1) to improve reproductive health outcomes, by reducing high rates of abortion and STIs, by increasing use of protective contraceptive methods; and (2) to increase life expectancy and improve quality of life, by reducing high rates of diabetes and stroke, by implementing community-based health promotion activities focusing on improving dietary and physical activities and reducing smoking and alcohol consumption, in Pskov, Russia. The project is based in the city of Pskov, which is the capital of Pskov Oblast. Pskov Oblast is one of 86 states in the Russian Federation. It is located in the North-West of Russia and borders three countries: Estonia, Latvia and Belarus. The city of Pskov has a population of 197,047 people.
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    The role of community advisory boards in health research: Divergent views in the South African experience
    (2010-01-01) Buchanan, David; Reddy, Priscilla; Sifunda, Sibusio; James, Shamagonam; Naidoo, Nasheen
    In the light of the growing involvement of community advisory boards (CABs) in health research, this study presents empirical findings of the functions and operations of CABs in HIV/AIDS vaccine trials in South Africa. The individual and focus group interviews with CAB members, principal investigators, research staff, community educators, recruiters, ethics committee members, trial participants and South African AIDS Vaccine Initiative (SAAVI) staff members demonstrated differences in the respondents’ perceptions of the roles and responsibilities of CABs. These findings question the roles of the CABs. Are they primarily there to serve and be accountable to the community, or to serve the accomplishment of the research objectives? Four emergent themes are discussed here: purpose; membership and representation; power and authority; sources of support and independence. The CABs’ primary purpose carries significant implications for a wide range of issues regarding their functioning. The dual functions of advancing the research and protecting the community appear to be fraught with tension, and require careful reconsideration.
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