Reform of research funding processes could pave the way for progress in global health

Ashuntantang, Gloria; Luyckx, Valérie A.; Naicker, Saraladevi; Venkatapuram, Sridhar

doi:10.1016/s2214-109x(21)00207-2

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“…Third, regarding funding sources, our ndings align with those of others that report a skewing towards institutions in HIC contexts 43 . Funding sources are critical in alcohol control policies, as the alcohol industry often works through partnerships or foundations 43,44 . There is a long history of lack of disclosure of industry funding by researchers 45 .…”

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The global geography of scientific articles on alcohol for the period 2010–2021: A bibliometric analysis

Jaeger¹,

Devi²,

Barbazza

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Introduction. Local research is critical to support the local implementation of global policies. This study explores the status and trends on research related to alcohol consumption, its determinants, governance, harm, and control policies in terms of the countries studied, affiliations of authors, funding, and research themes using bibliometric analysis. Methods. Research papers published between 1 January 2010 and 31 December 2021 were searched using Web of Science and PubMed using a predefined search strategy and keywords, regardless of article type. All items that met the inclusion criteria were included in quantitative content analysis and deductive thematic analysis. Keywords were used to cluster articles by five main research themes and six subthemes related to policy interventions. The funding sources for the 100 most-cited articles were analysed. Results. A total of 4,553 articles were included in the analysis. Half (53.1%) studied a single country and, of these, 77.0% were high-income countries (HICs). Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom were the most studied countries and together accounted for 44.9% (975/2,172) of country-specific articles. Three out of four articles (3,479/4,553, 76.4%) were authored solely by authors affiliated with HIC institutions. One in five articles (906/4,553, 19.9%) had at least one author affiliated to an institution from an upper-middle, middle, or low-income country context. Governments, followed by research institutions, were the predominant funding source. Articles varied by theme: consumption (39.8%), policy response (31.0%), governance (26.9%), alcohol-related harm (26.7%), and determinants (12.6%). Across all subthemes of policy responses, articles were predominately conducted in HIC contexts. Conclusion. Although the attributable harm of alcohol is known to affect more significantly lower and middle-income countries, scientific publications primarily report on HIC contexts by authors from HICs. Themes of research reflect known cost-effective policy actions, though skewed towards HICs and a focus on consumption. The implementation of context-specific alcohol control policies requires addressing the determinants of the uneven geographical and thematic distribution of research to close the current publication gaps. Key questions What is already known?

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 90%

The global geography of scientific articles on alcohol for the period 2010–2021: A bibliometric analysis

Jaeger¹,

Devi²,

Barbazza

et al. 2022

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“…A recent, positive turn in the funding landscape of global health research, in an attempt to redress colonial legacy and roots of global research, has been the increased commitment that funding bodies attach to robust community engagement. There is now an expectation to incorporate this as a core element in global health research programs ( 50 , 57 ). This has been our experience with the UK's National Institute of Health Research which funds the ECLIPSE program ( 58 ).…”

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Community Engagement in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Research in Brazil, Ethiopia, and Sri Lanka: A Decolonial Approach for Global Health

Polidano

Parton

Agampodi

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a parasitic skin disease endemic in at least 88 countries where it presents an urgent, albeit often “neglected” public health problem. In this paper, we discuss our model of decolonial community engagement in the ECLIPSE global health research program, which aims to improve physical and mental health outcomes for people with CL. The ECLIPSE program has four interlinked phases and underpinning each of these phases is sustained and robust community engagement and involvement that guides and informs all activities in ECLIPSE. Our decolonial approach implies that the model for community engagement will be different in Brazil, Ethiopia and Sri Lanka. Indeed, we adopt a critical anthropological approach to engaging with community members and it is precisely this approach we evaluate in this paper. The data and material we draw on were collected through qualitative research methods during community engagement activities. We established 13 Community Advisory Groups (CAGs): in Brazil (n = 4), Ethiopia (n = 6), and Sri Lanka (n = 3). We identified four overarching themes during a thematic analysis of the data set: (1) Establishing community advisory groups, (2) CAG membership and community representation, (3) Culturally appropriate and context-bespoke engagement, and (4) Relationships between researchers and community members. During our first period of ECLIPSE community engagement, we have debunked myths (for instance about communities being “disempowered”), critiqued our own practices (changing approaches in bringing together CAG members) and celebrated successes (notably fruitful online engagement during a challenging COVID-19 pandemic context). Our evaluation revealed a gap between the exemplary community engagement frameworks available in the literature and the messy, everyday reality of working in communities. In the ECLIPSE program, we have translated ideal(istic) principles espoused by such community engagement guidance into the practical realities of “doing engagement” in low-resourced communities. Our community engagement was underpinned by such ideal principles, but adapted to local sociocultural contexts, working within certain funding and regulatory constraints imposed on researchers. We conclude with a set of lessons learned and recommendations for the conduct of decolonial community engagement in global health research.

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“…Further to the above publication-production-related observation, regarding funding sources, our findings align with others that report a skewing towards institutions in HIC contexts. 50 Transparency of funding sources for research is critical in alcohol control policies, as the alcohol industry often works through partnerships or foundations. 50 51 There is a long history of lack of disclosure of industry funding by researchers.…”

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Describing and mapping scientific articles on alcohol globally for the period 2010–2021: a bibliometric analysis

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ObjectivesTo describe and map scientific literature related to alcohol consumption, its determinants, governance, harm and control policies by publication output, author affiliations, funding, countries of study and research themes.DesignBibliometric analysis using performance analysis and science mapping techniques.Data sourcesScientific articles.Eligibility criteriaIndexed scientific articles published between 1 January 2010 and 31 December 2021 with an English abstract focused on alcohol consumption, its determinants, harms, governance and control policies.Data extraction and synthesisSearches were run in Web of Science and PubMed. Performance metrics were analysed using descriptive statistics. Keywords were used for science mapping in a deductive approach to cluster articles by five main research themes. The ‘policy response’ theme was further analysed by six subthemes.Results4553 articles were included in the analysis. Three out of four articles (3479/4553, 76.4%) were authored solely by authors affiliated with HIC institutions. One in five articles (906/4553, 19.9%) had at least one author affiliated to an institution from an upper-middle-income, middle-income or low-income country context. Governments, followed by research institutions, were the predominant funding source. Half (53.1%) studied a single country and, of these, 77.0% were high-income countries (HICs). Australia, USA and UK were the most studied countries, together accounting for 44.9% (975/2172) of country-specific articles. Thematically, ‘consumption’ was most studied, and ‘alcohol determinants’, least. ‘Policy response’ articles were predominately conducted in HIC contexts.ConclusionsAlthough the attributable harm of alcohol is known to affect more significantly lower-income and middle-income countries, scientific publications primarily report on HIC contexts by authors from HICs. Research themes reflect known cost-effective policy actions, though skewed towards HICs and a focus on consumption. The implementation of context-specific alcohol control policies requires addressing the determinants of the uneven geographical and thematic distribution of research.

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Reform of research funding processes could pave the way for progress in global health

Cited by 19 publications

References 8 publications

The global geography of scientific articles on alcohol for the period 2010–2021: A bibliometric analysis

The global geography of scientific articles on alcohol for the period 2010–2021: A bibliometric analysis

Community Engagement in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Research in Brazil, Ethiopia, and Sri Lanka: A Decolonial Approach for Global Health

Describing and mapping scientific articles on alcohol globally for the period 2010–2021: a bibliometric analysis

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Reform of research funding processes could pave the way for progress in global health

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The global geography of scientific articles on alcohol for the period 2010­­–2021: A bibliometric analysis

The global geography of scientific articles on alcohol for the period 2010­­–2021: A bibliometric analysis

Community Engagement in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Research in Brazil, Ethiopia, and Sri Lanka: A Decolonial Approach for Global Health

Describing and mapping scientific articles on alcohol globally for the period 2010–2021: a bibliometric analysis

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The global geography of scientific articles on alcohol for the period 2010–2021: A bibliometric analysis

The global geography of scientific articles on alcohol for the period 2010–2021: A bibliometric analysis