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Developing a Guideline of Good Practice in a North–South Health Research Collaboration: A Participatory Approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2007

Birgit Jentsch  and
Julia Hussein
Birgit Jentsch
Affiliation:
Ionad Nàiseanta Na h-Imrich (National Centre for Migration Studies), Isle of Skye E-mail: sm00bj@groupwise.uhi.ac.uk
Julia Hussein
Affiliation:
IMMPACT, University of Aberdeen
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Abstract

North–South health research collaborations have a colonial history, and a contested presence in which organisations from resource-poor countries depend on collaborations with grant-holding institutions from affluent countries. Despite this sensitive context, there is a remarkable lack of guidance to support North–South health research collaborations in a comprehensive manner. A reference document of practical advice can establish standards from the beginning, thereby promoting equitable and open relationships. This article explains the process and some results of the development of such a document – a Guideline of Good Practice (GGP)– for the international health research collaboration Initiative for Maternal Mortality Programme Assessment (IMMPACT).

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Social Policy and Society , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , April 2007 , pp. 179 - 191
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© Cambridge University Press 2007

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Footnotes

This work was undertaken as part of an international research programme IMMPACT (Initiative for Maternal Mortality Programme Assessment) (see: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/immpact), funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Department for International Development, the European Commission, and USAID. The funders have no responsibility for the information provided or views expressed in this paper. The views expressed herein are solely those of the authors.