SDH-NET: a South-North-South collaboration to build sustainable research capacities on social determinants of health in low- and middle-income countries.
SDH-NET: a South-North-South collaboration to build sustainable research capacities on social determinants of health in low- and middle-income countries.
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10.1186/s12961-015-0048-1
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发表时间：
2015-10-22
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4
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Salgado-de-Snyder VN
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作者：
Cash-Gibson L;Guerra G;Salgado-de-Snyder VN
希望卫生研究人员有能力开展关于卫生公平的研究，并为其国家卫生系统和政策制定进程的发展作出贡献。然而，在低收入和中等收入国家(LMIC)，由于主要与国家(卫生)研究系统的状况有关的原因，进行这类研究的能力有限。通过南-北-南(S-N-S)合作网络的三角划分来建设小岛屿发展中国家的可持续研究能力，似乎是最大限度地利用有限的国家资源加强这些能力的有效途径。本文描述了一个由欧盟委员会资助的合作项目(SDH-NET)如何成功地设计了一项研究方案和一个S-N-S合作网络，以有效地支持小岛屿发展中国家的研究能力建设，特别是在健康的社会决定因素(SDH)领域；本项目旨在阐述全球合作网络在加强这一实践方面的重要作用。SDH网的实施包括分三个阶段开展的各种活动。第一阶段：开展了国家一级的测绘工作，以评估地方研究系统对SDH能力建设或加强的需求。确定了四个战略领域，即研究执行和系统绩效、知识的社会占有、机构和国家研究基础设施以及研究技能和培训/网络。第二阶段：开发工具以满足已确定的能力建设需求，以及开展知识管理和加强网络活动。阶段3：确定在研究伦理方面吸取的经验教训，以及政策如何支持SDH研究的能力建设进程。该协议的实施使该网络在S-N-S的成功合作下，设计了加强SDH研究能力的创新工具，其中包括国家测绘报告、一个具有工具和资源的全球开放获取学习平台、研究伦理指导方针、政策建议以及对全球SDH话语的学术贡献。S-N-S伙伴关系的有效三角测量对于建设低收入国家可持续研究能力具有很高的价值。如果设计得当，这些多文化、多机构和多学科的合作可以使南方和北方的学者能够根据本国的实际情况将全球研究联系起来。
It is desirable that health researchers have the ability to conduct research on health equity and contribute to the development of their national health system and policymaking processes. However, in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), there is a limited capacity to conduct this type of research due to reasons mostly associated with the status of national (health) research systems. Building sustainable research capacity in LMICs through the triangulation of South–North-South (S-N-S) collaborative networks seems to be an effective way to maximize limited national resources to strengthen these capacities. This article describes how a collaborative project (SDH-Net), funded by the European Commission, has successfully designed a study protocol and a S-N-S collaborative network to effectively support research capacity building in LMICs, specifically in the area of social determinants of health (SDH); this project seeks to elaborate on the vital role of global collaborative networks in strengthening this practice. The implementation of SDH-Net comprised diverse activities developed in three phases. Phase 1: national level mapping exercises were conducted to assess the needs for SDH capacity building or strengthening in local research systems. Four strategic areas were defined, namely research implementation and system performance, social appropriation of knowledge, institutional and national research infrastructure, and research skills and training/networks. Phase 2: development of tools to address the identified capacity building needs, as well as knowledge management and network strengthening activities. Phase 3: identifying lessons learned in terms of research ethics, and how policies can support the capacity building process in SDH research. The implementation of the protocol has led the network to design innovative tools for strengthening SDH research capacities, under a successful S-N-S collaboration that included national mapping reports, a global open-access learning platform with tools and resources, ethical guidelines for research, policy recommendations, and academic contributions to the global SDH discourse. The effective triangulation of S-N-S partnerships can be of high value in building sustainable research capacity in LMICs. If designed appropriately, these multicultural, multi-institutional, and multidisciplinary collaborations can enable southern and northern academics to contextualize global research according to their national realities.