Advancing collaborative research for health

Why does collaboration matter

Bibliographic Data

ID21881218
AuthorsCarla Saénz (0000-0002-2040-9423, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas), Timothy Krahn (Dalhousie University), Timothy M Krahn (Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada), Maxwell J Smith (0000-0001-5230-0548, Western University), Michelle M Haby (0000-0001-6203-9195, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas), Sarah Carracedo (0000-0002-3995-6793, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas), Ludovic Reveiz (0000-0003-3186-9174, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas)
Year2024
Volume9
Issue9
Pagese014971
Publication date2024-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBMJ Global Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2059-7908 • E-ISSN: 2059-7908
PublisherBMJ (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1136/bmjgh-2024-014971
PMID39284676
OpenAlexW4402581967
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited22

The calls for health research to be collaborative are ubiquitous—even as part of a recent World Health Assembly resolution on clinical trials—yet the arguments in support of collaborative research have been taken for granted and are absent in the literature. This article provides three arguments to justify why health research ought to be collaborative and discusses trade-offs to be considered among the ethical values guiding each argument

Health services research · Public health · Ethics in Clinical Research · Health and Medical Research Impacts · Health Policy Implementation Science · Medicine · Nursing