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Overcoming structural barriers to sharing power with communities in global health research priority-setting: Lessons from the Participation for Local Action project in Karnataka, India.
- Source :
- Global Public Health; Dec2022, Vol. 17 Issue 12, p3334-3352, 19p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Community engagement is gaining prominence in global health research. But communities rarely have a say in the agendas or conduct of the very health research projects that aim to help them. This paper provides new evidence on how to share power in priority-setting in ways that seek to overcome structural constraints created by the funding environment. The five strategies were identified through case study research on the Participation for Local Action project in Karnataka, India. That project was carried out by researchers in partnership with the Zilla Budakattu Girijana Abhivrudhhi Sangha, an indigenous community development organisation representing the Solega people. The paper describes each identified strategy for sharing power in priority-setting, followed by a report of the pitfalls and challenges that arose when implementing it. Thus, the study also demonstrates that even where actions and strategies are used to address power imbalances, pitfalls will arise that need to be navigated. Given those challenges, considerations to reflect upon before employing the identified strategies are suggested. Ultimately, the paper aims to communicate strategies for sharing power during and after priority-setting and lessons on how to implement them effectively that can be used by global health researchers in the current funding environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- FIELD research
MATERNAL health services
RESEARCH evaluation
PATIENT participation
HEALTH services accessibility
HUMAN research subjects
NONPROFIT organizations
PRIORITY (Philosophy)
RESEARCH methodology
WORLD health
COMMUNITIES
INTERVIEWING
MEDICAL care research
SELF-efficacy
INTER-observer reliability
RESPONSIBILITY
RESEARCH funding
DECISION making
CHILD health services
THEMATIC analysis
JUDGMENT sampling
ADULT education workshops
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17441692
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Global Public Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 161686503
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2022.2058048