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Co-constructing collaboration: An evidence-based approach to advance and evaluate equitable global public health research partnerships

Equitable global health partnerships are essential to promote innovative research and strengthen research capacity to address critical public health challenges, but how to optimally evaluate such collaborations is unclear. This was a sequential, multi-method study that utilized an electronic survey...

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Autores principales: Amos, Vanessa, LeBaron, Virginia, Chuong, Tuyet, Elmore, Catherine E., Hamal, Pawan Kumar, Paudel, Bishnu D., Steen, Amber, Chapagain, Sandhya
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10593218/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37871002
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002481
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author Amos, Vanessa
LeBaron, Virginia
Chuong, Tuyet
Elmore, Catherine E.
Hamal, Pawan Kumar
Paudel, Bishnu D.
Steen, Amber
Chapagain, Sandhya
author_facet Amos, Vanessa
LeBaron, Virginia
Chuong, Tuyet
Elmore, Catherine E.
Hamal, Pawan Kumar
Paudel, Bishnu D.
Steen, Amber
Chapagain, Sandhya
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description Equitable global health partnerships are essential to promote innovative research and strengthen research capacity to address critical public health challenges, but how to optimally evaluate such collaborations is unclear. This was a sequential, multi-method study that utilized an electronic survey informed by the literature followed by semi-structured interviews to comprehensively evaluate the experience of participating in a global research-capacity building collaboration between Nepal and U.S. clinicians and investigators. De-identified quantitative survey were analyzed to calculate descriptive and summary statistics, along with crosstabs of each variable by group. Groups were defined based on country-of-origin and Chi Square statistics calculated to assess for statistically significant differences (p<0.05) between groups. Interviews were analyzed using a descriptive qualitative approach to develop an overall thematic map. 22 survey responses (52.4% response rate) were analyzed; 13 (59.1%) from Nepal, 9 (40.9%) from the U.S. Eight participants (4 Nepal; 4 U.S.) were interviewed. Over the course of the project, all participants reported gaining experience and confidence with research. The majority of participants “strongly agreed” there was a shared understanding of goals, priorities and strategies (Nepal, 58.3%, n = 7; U.S., 88.9%, n = 8;) and that power was shared equally (Nepal, 58.3%, n = 7; U.S., 55.6%, n = 5). The over-arching theme that emerged from the interviews was the importance of ‘establishing community’ which participants discussed within the broader context of COVID-19. Overall, team members reported strong bi-directional benefit and a greater emphasis on perceived benefits versus challenges. Our survey tool and interview guide, designed to holistically evaluate the impact of a global partnership across various levels of the Social Ecological Model, with particular attention to power dynamics and equity, can be adapted and used by others engaged in similar research capacity collaborations.
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spelling pubmed-105932182023-10-24 Co-constructing collaboration: An evidence-based approach to advance and evaluate equitable global public health research partnerships Amos, Vanessa LeBaron, Virginia Chuong, Tuyet Elmore, Catherine E. Hamal, Pawan Kumar Paudel, Bishnu D. Steen, Amber Chapagain, Sandhya PLOS Glob Public Health Research Article Equitable global health partnerships are essential to promote innovative research and strengthen research capacity to address critical public health challenges, but how to optimally evaluate such collaborations is unclear. This was a sequential, multi-method study that utilized an electronic survey informed by the literature followed by semi-structured interviews to comprehensively evaluate the experience of participating in a global research-capacity building collaboration between Nepal and U.S. clinicians and investigators. De-identified quantitative survey were analyzed to calculate descriptive and summary statistics, along with crosstabs of each variable by group. Groups were defined based on country-of-origin and Chi Square statistics calculated to assess for statistically significant differences (p<0.05) between groups. Interviews were analyzed using a descriptive qualitative approach to develop an overall thematic map. 22 survey responses (52.4% response rate) were analyzed; 13 (59.1%) from Nepal, 9 (40.9%) from the U.S. Eight participants (4 Nepal; 4 U.S.) were interviewed. Over the course of the project, all participants reported gaining experience and confidence with research. The majority of participants “strongly agreed” there was a shared understanding of goals, priorities and strategies (Nepal, 58.3%, n = 7; U.S., 88.9%, n = 8;) and that power was shared equally (Nepal, 58.3%, n = 7; U.S., 55.6%, n = 5). The over-arching theme that emerged from the interviews was the importance of ‘establishing community’ which participants discussed within the broader context of COVID-19. Overall, team members reported strong bi-directional benefit and a greater emphasis on perceived benefits versus challenges. Our survey tool and interview guide, designed to holistically evaluate the impact of a global partnership across various levels of the Social Ecological Model, with particular attention to power dynamics and equity, can be adapted and used by others engaged in similar research capacity collaborations. Public Library of Science 2023-10-23 /pmc/articles/PMC10593218/ /pubmed/37871002 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002481 Text en © 2023 Amos et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Chapagain, Sandhya
Co-constructing collaboration: An evidence-based approach to advance and evaluate equitable global public health research partnerships
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10593218/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37871002
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002481
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