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Dismantling historical power inequality through authentic health research collaboration: Southern partners' aspirations.
- Source :
- Global Public Health; Jan2021, Vol. 16 Issue 1, p48-59, 12p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Several health research organisations whose work focuses on international collaboration outline guidelines that support ethical practice in health research partnerships including building consensus around good collaborative research practice. This paper explores researcher's perspectives, experiences, and reflections on the elements of successful health research partnerships between Northern and Southern countries/institutions. The study adopted a qualitative research approach using in-depth interviews to explore what an authentic partnership is as experienced and aspired by stakeholders in health research partnerships in Zambia. Interviews were conducted with stakeholders implementing various health research activities in the country. Our findings revealed that Southern partners aspired for equal status and participation, transparency, and accountability, interdependency, and reciprocity, commitment to shared goals, open dialogue and sustainability in partnerships. While to some extent these aspirations overlap with the categories covered throughout the different partnership guidelines, some key aspects go beyond what is included in existing recommendations such as status and recognition which are salient in the broader guidelines. An important aspect in dismantling power structures that causes inequality in partnerships is through generating knowledge and innovation using local resources in the South to address local needs which can be subsequently re-used to address challenges at the global level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ATTITUDE (Psychology)
GOAL (Psychology)
HEALTH services accessibility
HEALTH status indicators
INTERPROFESSIONAL relations
INTERVIEWING
RESEARCH methodology
MEDICAL care research
MEDICAL personnel
POWER (Social sciences)
RESPONSIBILITY
QUALITATIVE research
JUDGMENT sampling
DATA analysis software
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17441692
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Global Public Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 147966401
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2020.1775869