Abstract Unfair knowledge practices easily beset our efforts to achieve health equity within and between countries. Enacted by people from a distance and from a position of power (‘the centre’) on behalf of and alongside people with less power (‘the periphery’), these unfair practices have generated a complex literature of complaints across various axes of […]
Abstract Education systems and pedagogical practices in global public health are facing substantive calls for change during the current and ongoing ‘decolonising global health’ movement. Incorporating antioppressive principles into learning communities is one promising approach to decolonising global health education. We sought to transform a four-credit graduate-level global health course at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg […]
Significance Empirical evidence suggests that non-White scientists experience various forms of inequality, creating barriers to their entry and participation in academic research. We contribute to this literature by examining disparities in i) editorial board representation, ii) time spent under review, and iii) citation rates. Using a dataset of 1,000,000 papers from six publishers over the […]
In this issue of the Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, Entwistle and colleagues address an urgent concern in our health care systems, namely that patients are sometimes treated with disrespect and that this disrespect is not sufficiently considered or addressed. They outline a number of important reasons for this deficit, including that respect is […]
Climate change is the greatest health threat facing humanity. The nature and scale of the interconnected impacts of climate change on health as well as the effectiveness of interventions to adapt to and mitigate climate change are currently the focus of research. Questions about which research should be given priority are critical, and ethical considerations […]
It is widely perceived how research institutes have been adopting the discourse of champions of diversity, inclusion, and equity (DEI) in recent years. Despite progress in diversity and inclusion in the academic environment, we highlight here that nothing or, at very best, little work has been done to overcome the scientific labor division in academic […]
A summary of the Thematic Working Group webinar by Kate Hawkins of Pamoja Communications, ReBUILD for Resilience and Urban SHADE. Our session moderators, Sassy Molyneux and Karen Ceballos, opened the webinar by explaining that the time is right for this conversation as there are new ethical issues and concerns around equity and responsibility and tensions […]
By Davide Bilardi and Nadia Tagoe The 2024 Oxford Global Health and Bioethics International Conference organisers dedicated a “lightning session” on ‘Towards a more Equitable Global Health’. Presenting at this session gave us a chance to reflect on some of our work linked to decolonisation and global health research. Some light indeed emerged for us […]
Abstract The advancement of deep learning and artificial intelligence has resulted in the development of state-of-the-art language models, such as ChatGPT. This technology can analyze large amounts of data, identify patterns, and assist in the analysis and understanding of risk factors for diseases. Despite its potential, the applications, challenges, and ethical considerations have not been […]
Abstract Despite advances, international research ethics guidelines still tend to consist of high-level ethical principles reflecting residual influence from North American and European traditions of ethics. Local ethics committees and community advisory boards can offer more culturally-sensitive approaches to training but most institutions lack substantive practical ethics guidance to engage rich moral understandings in day-to-day […]