The ethics of health systems research in low- and middle-income countries : A call to action
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Hyder, Adnan A., Pratt, Bridget, Ali, Joseph, Kass, Nancy and Sewankambo, Nelson. (2014). The ethics of health systems research in low- and middle-income countries : A call to action. Global Public Health. 9(9), pp. 1008-1022. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2014.931998
Authors | Hyder, Adnan A., Pratt, Bridget, Ali, Joseph, Kass, Nancy and Sewankambo, Nelson |
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Abstract | The increasing conduct of health systems research (HSR) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) has not been matched by concurrent work to clarify the field's ethical dimensions. To begin to address this gap, a two-day workshop on the ethics of HSR in LMICs was convened at Johns Hopkins University in June 2013. Participants included health systems researchers, philosophers, lawyers, bioethicists and institutional review board members from Botswana, Uganda, the UK, USA and Zambia. Based on discussions from the workshop, the paper affirms that, while HSR in LMICs raises ethical issues in relation to constructs (i.e. consent, risk, equipoise) common to international clinical research, the nature of the issues that arise often differ between the two fields. Three salient features of HSR and the ethical considerations associated with each of them in LMICs are described to demonstrate this point. Recommendations for institutional review boards’ oversight of HSR in LMICs are presented. Finally, a call is made for further action to develop thinking and guidance around the ethics of HSR in resource-poor settings. |
Keywords | health systems research; ethics; IRB oversight; developing countries |
Year | 2014 |
Journal | Global Public Health |
Journal citation | 9 (9), pp. 1008-1022 |
Publisher | Routledge |
ISSN | 1744-1692 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2014.931998 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-84912045082 |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 1008-1022 |
Funder | National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 07 Aug 2014 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 17 Apr 2014 |
Deposited | 28 Oct 2021 |
Grant ID | NHMRC/1052346 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8wxz4/the-ethics-of-health-systems-research-in-low-and-middle-income-countries-a-call-to-action
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