| In connection with trials, people think they are being administered drugs to make them infertile, or infected with HIV to kill them |
Side-effects, Infertility, Inefficiency of the HIV vaccine |
Fear of perceived content of an HIV vaccine |
Misconceptions concerning the HIV vaccine trial |
| There is a strong relationship between decisions made by a youth to participate in a trial and her/his parents’ support or lack thereof, we would be lying if we said a young person can decide independently of his/her parents since our youth have not been brought up that way |
No authority in decision-making, a strained family relationship, disrespect to elders |
Decision-making concerning participation |
The covert power of community members to influence participation in the HIV vaccine trials |
