Ethics & Equity: Implications for Health Systems Research Priority-Setting

Grant number: DE170100414 | Funding period: 2017 - 2021

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Abstract

The project aims to develop ethical guidance on engaging research users and beneficiaries in health systems research priority-setting. As a matter of justice, research on health systems should generate knowledge that improves access and affordability of care for disadvantaged groups, but research questions often fail to reflect the major health system issues these groups face and findings are often not used in policy and practice. The project will develop ethical guidance on how research users and beneficiaries should be engaged in health systems research priority-setting and benchmarks for achieving such engagement. Ethical guidance is expected to facilitate a rise in research that improves..

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Achieving inclusive research priority-setting: what do people with lived experience and the public think is essential?

Bridget Pratt

2021-09-04

BACKGROUND: Engagement of people with lived experience and members of the public is an ethically and scientifically essential comp..

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Sharing power in global health research: an ethical toolkit for designing priority-setting processes that meaningfully include communities

Bridget Pratt

2021-05-25

To promote social justice and equity, global health research should meaningfully engage communities throughout projects: from sett..

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Research for Health Justice: an ethical framework linking global health research to health equity

Bridget Pratt

2021-01-01

Global health research should generate new knowledge to improve the health and well-being of those considered disadvantaged and ma..

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Community organisation-researcher partnerships: what concerns arise for community organisations and how can they be mitigated?

Bridget Pratt

2020-10-01

Universities and research funders' growing emphasis on community partnerships, engagement and outreach has seen a rise in collabor..

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What should community organisations consider when deciding to partner with researchers? A critical reflection on the Zilla Budakattu Girijana Abhivrudhhi Sangha experience in Karnataka, India

Bridget Pratt, Tanya Seshadri, Prashanth N Srinivas

2020-09-11

Background Community organisations and community members are increasingly being involved in health research projects worldwide as ..

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Response to Open Peer Commentaries on "Solidarity and Community Engagement in Global Health Research"

Bridget Pratt, Phaik Yeong Cheah, Vicki Marsh

2020-08-02

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What constitutesfairshared decision-making in global health research collaborations?

Bridget Pratt

2020-07-30

Funders (located primarily in high-income countries) and high-income country researchers have historically dominated decision-maki..

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Too much safety? Safeguards and equal access in the context of voluntary assisted dying legislation

Rosalind McDougall, Bridget Pratt

2020-05-13

Background In June 2019, the Australian state of Victoria joined the growing number of jurisdictions around the world to have lega..

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Justice: a key consideration in health policy and systems research ethics

Bridget Pratt, Verina Wild, Edwine Barasa, Dorcas Kamuya, Lucy Gilson, Tereza Hendl, Sassy Molyneux

2020-04-01

Health policy and systems research (HPSR) is increasingly being funded and conducted worldwide. There are currently no specific gu..

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Developing a toolkit for engagement practice: sharing power with communities in priority-setting for global health research projects

Bridget Pratt

2020-03-14

BACKGROUND: Communities' engagement in priority-setting is a key means for setting research topics and questions of relevance and ..

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Social Justice and the Ethical Goals of Community Engagement in Global Health Research

Bridget Pratt

2019-12-20

Social justice has been identified as a foundational moral commitment for global health research ethics. Yet what a commitment to ..

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Engagement as co-constructing knowledge: A moral necessity in public health research

Bridget Pratt

2019-09-01

Undertaking engagement in public health research is ethically essential. There is a growing emphasis on practicing engagement as t..

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Towards inclusive priority-setting for global health research projects: recommendations for sharing power with communities

Bridget Pratt

2019-06-01

Global health research priority-setting is dominated by funders and researchers, often from high-income countries. Engaging commun..

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Inclusion of Marginalized Groups and Communities in Global Health Research Priority-Setting

Bridget Pratt

2019-04-01

Community engagement is gaining prominence in global health research. But community members, especially those from groups and comm..

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Constructing citizen engagement in health research priority-setting to attend to dynamics of power and difference

Bridget Pratt

2019-03-01

Engaging citizens is vital to achieving people-centred health research. This paper aims to put attention to dynamics of power and ..

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Justice and public participation in universal health coverage: when is tiered coverage unfair and who should decide?

Bridget Pratt

2019-03-01

Universal health coverage is often implemented within countries through several national insurance schemes that collectively cover..

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Community engagement in global health research that advances health equity

Bridget Pratt, Jantina de Vries

2018-09-01

Community engagement is gaining prominence in global health research. So far, a philosophical rationale for why researchers should..

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