Forging Links for Health Research : Perspectives from the Council on Health Research for Development.
Title:
Forging Links for Health Research : Perspectives from the Council on Health Research for Development.
Author:
Staff, International Development Research Centre.
ISBN:
9781552502525
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (308 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART I: HEALTH, EQUITY, AND RESEARCH -- Chapter 1. Meeting the Challenge: A Decade of Activity -- Chapter 2. Health for Some: Health, Poverty, and Equity at the Beginning of the 21st Century -- Chapter 3. Health Research: An Essential Tool for Achieving Development Through Equity -- PART II: PUTTING COUNTRIES FIRST -- Chapter 4. Community Participation in Essential National Health Research -- Chapter 5. Linking Research to Policy and Action -- Chapter 6. Fostering a National Capacity for Equity-oriented Health Research -- Chapter 7. Regional Perspectives -- PART III: THE WAY AHEAD -- Chapter 8. COHRED and ENHR: An Update and Look Ahead -- Chapter 9. Health Research for Development: Realities and Challenges -- Appendix 1. Contributing Authors -- Appendix 2. Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Appendix 3. Bibliography.
Abstract:
In Forging Links for Health Research, a team of international experts record the important lessons of the past decade and suggest what must be done in the research arena to ensure a healthy future for all. It follows up on the landmark publication Health Research: Essential Link to Equity in Development (Oxford University Press, 1990) and is unique in its combination of evocative human stories and expert insight from international health researchers.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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