Balancing the personal, local, institutional, and global: Multiple case study and multidimensional scaling analysis of African experiences in addressing complexity and political economy in health research capacity strengthening

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ager, Alastair ^a   Zarowsky, Christina ^b,c  

^a Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capacity strengthening; Complexity; Global health research; Globalization; Institutional capacity; Mentorship; North south south partnerships; Political economy of health research

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; COOPERATION; DONOR; DYNAMICS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EXPERIENCE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICS; SCIENTIST; SYMPOSIUM; TRUST; CAPACITY BUILDING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CAPACITY BUILDING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84924569508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-13-5     Document Type: Article

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