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Trauma and PTSD Symptoms in Rwanda—Reply
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In Reply: Dr Nemery raises important questions that must be considered in carrying out similar studies in the developing world, especially after violent conflict. He is quite correct in noting that cultural factors do affect the research. We believe that it is very important to involve people with a deep knowledge of the local culture in designing the research project from the beginning. In our survey, one of the lead researchers was Rwandan, another had been researching in Rwanda for more than a decade and was familiar with the local language (Kinyarwanda), while a third was based in Rwanda. We piloted the survey 6 times before launching it, allowing us to make numerous revisions that improved the reliability of responses.
While Rwanda and Burundi are comparable in many ways, the contexts for our project in Rwanda and the Physicians for Human Rights project in Burundi differed significantly in that . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Phuong N. Pham, PhD, MPH
ppham1@tulane.edu
Payson Center for International Health
Tulane University
New Orleans, La
Harvey M. Weinstein, MD, MPH
Human Rights Center and School of Public Health
University of California, Berkeley
Timothy Longman, PhD
Africana Studies and Political Science
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY
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