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Session Title: The CARTA Philosophy network & Structure
Session Title: The CARTA Philosophy network & Structure
Date
March 10, 2014
Facilitators: Donald
Time
8.30-10.30
Suggested readings
Bertone MP, Meessen B, Claryse G et al.: Assessing communities of practice in health policy: a conceptual framework as a first step towards empirical research. Health Research Policy and Systems 2013 11:39. http://www.health-policy-systems.com/content/11/1/39
Ezeh, A.C., Izugbara, C.O., Kabiru, C.W., et al. (2010). ‘Building capacity for public and population health research in Africa: the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA) model.’ Global Health Action, 5: 5693 – DOI: 0.3402/gha.v3i0.5693. http://www.globalhealthaction.net/index.php/gha/article/view/5693
Izugbara, Chimaraoke (2011) The Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA): a new strategy for developing research capacity in Africa. Research Global Magazine (RG2), Association of Commonwealth Universities. Issue 1, Pgs. 2 & 8. Accesible at https://www.acu.ac.uk/publications
Session Title: Scholarship values
Date
March 10, 2014
1145 – 1245
Time
13: 45-15.45
Facilitators: Chima Izugbara/Goran
Key readings
1. Blackwell Publishing. Copyright FAQs, Section 1.21 ‘What is the Situation Regarding Plagiarism?’ http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/bauthor/faqs_copyright.asp#1.23
2. Committee on Publication Ethics. Guidelines on Good Publication and Code of Conduct. http://www.publicationethics.org.uk/guidelines
3. The Graduate School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2011) Academic Integrity and Ethics: http://gradschool.unc.edu/publications/ethics.html
Session Title: Why do a PhD?
Date
March 10, 2014
Time
15.00 – 15.45
Facilitators:
Goran & Ikamari
Resources:
Web/electronic: If you have not already done so, have a look at Chapter 3 The Nature of the Phd Qualification in Estelle M. Phillips' and Derek S. Pugh's How to get a Phd: a handbook for students and their supervisors, 4th edition (2005) Open University Press. View on-line at http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/reader/033520550X/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-link
Downloadable - UK Joint Statement of the Skills training requirements for research students from http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/documents/researchcareers/jsstrainingrequirements.pdf. This provides a set of skills which fellows might expect to achieve during a PhD.
Reading, Writing and Referencing for research
Date: March 11, 2014
Time: 8.30 – 10.30
Facilitators:
Sharon Fonn & John Eyers
Useful links:
Fellows will use Databases for Health in Africa guide to identify appropriate databases for their discipline and topic – available on the CARTA network to enable links to be used. This can be supplemented by its companion guide Web-based Health Resources. Fellows should identify and save/bookmark useful database links.
Guides to using databases:
1. Hinari Pubmed Guides (Searching and using MeSH terms): http://www.who.int/hinari/training/module_4_PubMed/en/
2. US National Library of Medicine Pubmed Tutorial: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/pubmedtutorial/cover.html
Additional suggested readings:
Eyers, JE (1998). Searching bibliographic databases effectively. Health Policy and Planning 13, 339-342. [ http://heapol.oupjournals.org/cgi/reprint/13/3/339.pdf ] – Basic guide
Campbell Collaboration Searching for Studies guide – Comprehensive:
http://www.campbellcollaboration.org/resources/research/new_information_retrieval_guide.php
Introduction to EndNote for reference management
Introduction to EndNote for reference management
Date
March 11, 2014
Time
13.45 – 15.45
Facilitators:
Caroline Kabiru
Useful Resource
EndNote X7 Guides and Information as well as basic online tutorial www.endnote.com
Journal title abbreviations e.g., Studies in Family Planning → Stud Fam Plann: http://www.efm.leeds.ac.uk/~mark/ISIabbr/A_abrvjt.html
HINARI training materials http://www.who.int/hinari/training/module_5_Managing_References/en/
Free reference management software: Mendeley (http://www.mendeley.com/) ; Zotero (www.zotero.org)
Knowledge philosophy in health sciences
Facilitators: Lawrence Ikamari and Göran Bondjers
Facilitators: Lawrence Ikamari and Göran Bondjers
Date
March 12, 2013
Time
10.45 – 12.45
Resources:
Weed DL: Towards a philosophy of public health. J Epidemiol Community Health. 1999 Feb;53(2):99-104.
Van der Maesen LJG, Nijhuis HGJ: Continuing the debate on the philosophy of modern public health: Social quality as a point of reference. J Epidemiol Community Health 2000; 54:134-142
Ingthorsson, RD: The natural vs the human sciences: myth, methodology and ontology. Discusiones Filosoficas 2013; 14:25-41. Available on: https://lu.academia.edu/RögnvaldurIngthorsson
Introduction to global public health: Research challenges and new directions
Introduction to global public health: Research challenges and new directions
Date
March 13, 2014
Time
10.45 – 12.45,
Facilitators:
Goran Bondjers& Donald Cole
Resources:
Key declarations
http://www.who.int/governance/eb/who_constitution_en.pdf
http://www.paho.org/English/DD/PIN/alma-ata_declaration.htm
http://www.who.int/hpr/NPH/docs/ottawa_charter_hp.pdf
http://www.who.int/healthpromotion/conferences/6gchp/hpr_050829_%20BCHP.pdf
http://www.rbm.who.int/docs/abuja_declaration.pdf
Recent outcome resolutions
http://www.un.org/en/mdg/summit2010/pdf/outcome_documentN1051260.pdf
http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/64/265&Lang=E
Health Diplomacy: The field
Health Diplomacy: The field
Date
March 14,2014
Time
8.30 – 10:30
Preparation for Session – Key Readings:
Fellows should read the following publications to understand the emerging actors in the dynamic and evolving field of health diplomacy:
· “Oslo Ministerial Declaration—global health: a pressing foreign policy issue of our time” <http://www.who.int/trade/events/Oslo_Ministerial_Declaration.pdf>
· David P. Fidler, “The globalization of public health: the first 100 years of international health diplomacy”, Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2001, 79: 842–849 https://extranet.who.int/iris/restricted/bitstream/10665/74977/1/bu1313.pdf
· Nick Drager and David P. Fidler, “Foreign policy, trade and health: at the cutting edge of global health diplomacy”, Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Vol. 85, No. 3, 2007; http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/3/07-041079.pdf
· Kelley Lee, et al, “Bridging health and foreign policy: the role of health impact Assessments”, Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2007; Vol. 85 No.3 pp207-211; http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/3/06-037077.pdf
· Ilona Kicksbusch, et al, “Global health diplomacy: the need for new perspectives, strategic approaches and skills in global health”, Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2007; Vol. 85 No.3, http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/3/06-039222.pdf
· David P. Fidler, “Reflections on the revolution in health and foreign policy”, Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2007; Vol. 85 No.3, http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/85/3/07-041087.pdf
· Julio Frenk & Suerie Moon, “Governance Challenges in Global Health” New England Journal of Medicine 368 March 7, 2013, pp936-942, http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMra1109339
· D. Yach and D. Bettcher, “The Globalization of Public Health, I: Threats and Opportunities”, 1998, Vol.88 No.5 American Journal of Public Health, pp735-744, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1508933/pdf/amjph00017-0025.pdf
· D. Yach and D. Bettcher, “The globalization of public health, II: The convergence of self-interest and altruism”, 1998, Vol.88 No.5 American Journal of Public Health, pp738-741, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1508947/pdf/amjph00017-0028.pdf
During session:
09:00-09:30: The facilitator will briefly introduce the key concepts: global health diplomacy; global health governance; and globalization of public health.
09:30-10:00: Fellows will break into small groups to discuss and reflect critically on the assigned tasks.
10:00-10:30: The session re-convenes for each group to present their findings.
Resources for Further Research:
Obijiofor Aginam, John Harrington & Peter K. Yu, eds., The Global Governance of HIV/AIDS: Intellectual Property and Access to Essential Medicines (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2013)
Obijiofor Aginam, “Health or Trade? A Critique of Contemporary Approaches to Global Health Diplomacy”, Asian Journal of WTO & International Health Law and Policy, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp.355-380, September 2010, http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1729461&download=yes
Ilona Kicksbusch, Graham Lister, Michaela Told and Nick Drager, eds., Global Health Diplomacy: Concepts, Issues, Actors, Instruments, Fora and Cases (New York: Springer, 2013)
David P. Fidler, “The challenges of global health governance”, (New York: Council on Foreign Relations, 2010), http://www.cfr.org/global-governance/challenges-global-health-governance/p22202
Mark W. Zacher & Tania Keefe, The Politics of Global Health Governance: United By Contagion (New York: Palgrave-Macmillan, 2008)
Wolfgang Hein, Sonja Bartsch & Lars Kohlmorgen, eds., Global Health Governance and the Fight Against HIV/AIDS (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007)
Andrew F. Cooper, John J. Kirton & Ted Schrecker, eds., Governing Global Health: Challenge, Response, Innovation (Ashgate, 2007)
Some Useful Web Sites:
The World Health Organization; www.who.int Global Health Governance: The Scholarly Journal for the New Health Security Paradigm; http://blogs.shu.edu/ghg/
Bulletin of the World Health Organization; http://www.who.int/bulletin/en/
Global Health Program, Council on Foreign Relations, http://www.cfr.org/projects/world/global-health-program/pr1240
Global Health Security; Chatham House, http://www.chathamhouse.org/research/global-health
Global Health Diplomacy Monitor, Centre for Trade Law and Policy, Carleton University, Ottawa, http://www.ghd-net.org/health-diplomacy-action/health-diplomacy-monitor
United Nations University-International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, http://iigh.unu.edu/
Social determinants of health
Date
March 14, 2013
Facilitator(s): Sharon Fonn
Time
16.00 – 17.30
Materials
Materials
1. Handout 1: A framework for analysis of factors influencing women's health, from TK Sundari Ravindran ‘Research on women’s health: some methodological issues’ in Deborah Eade (ed) Development for health, Oxfam, Oxford, 1997.
2. Cards in five different colours, at least one set for each group.
3. Twine, cellophane tape and a display board or wall on which the display can be kept undisturbed for the entire duration of the course.
Readings for the facilitator
1. Cooper, Diana E. et al. The impact of development policies on health: A review of the literature, Geneva, World Health Organization, 1990. Ch.2 and Ch.7
2. Dyches, Hayne and Rushing, Beth. International stratification and the health of women: An empirical comparison of alternative models of world-system position. Social Science and Medicine, 43:1996, pp 1063-1072.
3. Arber S. Class, paid employment and family roles: making sense of structural disadvantage, gender and health status. Social Science and Medicine, 32: 1991, pp 425-436.
Session Name: Nesting PhD research on INDEPTH HDSS platforms
Date: March 18 & 19, 2014
Time: 13.45-15.45 (March 18); 09:00 - 10:30 (March 19).
Facilitators: INDEPTH site-based researchers
Key readings
The Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) in Nouna, Burkina Faso, 1993-2007. Sié A, Louis VR, Gbangou A, Müller O, Niamba L, Stieglbauer G, Yé M, Kouyaté B, Sauerborn R, Becher H. Global Health Action. 2010 Sep 14;3. doi: 10.3402/gha.v3i0.5284.
Health and demographic surveillance systems: a step towards full civil registration and vital statistics system in sub-Sahara Africa? Ye Y, Wamukoya M, Ezeh A, Emina JB, Sankoh O. BMC Public Health. 2012 Sep 5; 12:741. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-741.
Profile: Agincourt health and socio-demographic surveillance system. Kahn, K., Collinson, M. A., Gomez-Olive, F. X., Mokoena, O., Twine, R., Mee, P., Tollman, S. M. (2012). International Journal of Epidemiology, 41, 988–1001. doi:10.1093/ije/dys115
Monitoring of health and demographic outcomes in poor urban settlements: evidence from the Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System. Emina J, Beguy D, Zulu EM, Ezeh AC, Muindi K, Elung'ata P, Otsola JK, Yé Y. Journal of Urban Health. 2011, Suppl. 2:S200-18. doi: 10.1007/s11524-011-9594-1.
Additional resources:
Using the INDEPTH HDSS to build capacity for chronic non-communicable disease risk factor surveillance in low and middle-income countries. Ng N, Van Minh H, Juvekar S, Razzaque A, Huu Bich T, Kanungsukkasem U, Ashraf A, Masud Ahmed S, Soonthornthada K. Global Health Action. 2009 Sep 28;2. doi: 10.3402/gha.v2i0.1984.
The Kaya HDSS, Burkina Faso: a platform for epidemiological studies and health programme evaluation. Kouanda S, Bado A, Yaméogo M, Nitièma J, Yaméogo G, Bocoum F, Millogo T, Ridde V, Haddad S, Sondo B. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2013 Jun; 42(3):741-9. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyt076.
Review of contributions from HDSSs to research in sexual and reproductive health in low- and middle-income countries. Arthur S, Bangha M, Sankoh O. Tropical Medicine and International Health. 2013 Dec; 18 (12):1463-87. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12209.
Health and demographic surveillance systems: contributing to an understanding of the dynamics in migration and health. Gerritsen A, Bocquier P, White M, Mbacké C, Alam N, Beguy D, Odhiambo F, Sacoor C, Phuc HD, Punpuing S, Collinson MA. Global Health Action. 2013 Jul 11;6:21496. doi: 10.3402/gha.v6i0.21496.
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