The Importance of Transdisciplinary Collaborations for Understanding and Resolving Health Disparities
The Importance of Transdisciplinary Collaborations for Understanding and Resolving Health Disparities
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DOI：
10.1080/19371910903241124
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发表时间：
2010-01-01
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Olopade, Olufunmilayo
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作者：
Gehlert, Sarah;Murray, Ann;Olopade, Olufunmilayo
在健康方面的群体差异已经记录了几十年。尽管最近努力消除它们，但群体差异仍然存在，并挑战科学家使用传统研究范式解决它们的能力。由于差异的决定因素发生在多个层面，从分子到社会，并以尚未完全理解的方式相互作用，它们对试图捕捉其复杂性的研究人员构成了挑战。在回顾了现有的学科合作模式之后，我们概述了跨学科方法的挑战，以及它提供发展有效干预所需的差异的整体观点的能力。
Group disparities in health have been documented for several decades. Despite recent efforts to eliminate them, group differences persist and challenge the ability of scientists to address them using traditional research paradigms. Because the determinants of disparities occur at multiple levels, from the molecular to the societal, and interact with one another in ways not yet fully understood, they represent a challenge to researchers attempting to capture their complexity. After reviewing existing models of disciplinary collaboration, we outline the challenges of a transdisciplinary approach and its ability to afford the holistic view of disparities needed to develop effective interventions.