Pratt B., Ali J. and Hyder A.A. (2016) If Research Is a Pillar of Health System Development, Why Only Focus on Clinical Trials? The American Journal of Bioethics Vol. 16, Iss. 6, 2016 The authors note that a small amount of bioethics literature supports linking health research to health system development as a matter of justice. They suggest […]
Wassenaar D. and Rattani A. (2016) What Makes Health Systems Research in Developing Countries Ethical? Application of the Emanuel Framework for Clinical Research to Health Systems Research, Developing World Bioethics, Volume 16, Issue 3December 2016, Pages 133–13 The growing importance of health systems research has opened debate about appropriate ethical frameworks and guidelines for the ethical […]
Luyckx V.A., Biller-Andorno N., Saxena A. and Tran N.T (2017) Health policy and systems research: towards a better understanding and review of ethical issues, BMJ Glob Health 2017;2:e000314 Given the focus on health systems in the post-millennium development goal era and moving towards the sustainable development goals, there is a compelling need for a common framework for health […]
Pratt B., Paul A., Hyder A.A. and Ali J. (2017) Ethics of health policy and systems research: a scoping review of the literature, Health Policy and Planning, 2017, 1–21 Health policy and systems research (HPSR) is increasingly funded and undertaken as part of health system strengthening efforts worldwide. HPSR ethics is also a relatively new and […]
Ethical challenges in designing and implementing health systems research: Experiences from the field
Hyder A.A. and Krubiner C. (2016) Ethical challenges in designing and implementing health systems research: Experiences from the field, AJOB Empirical Bioethics Vol. 7 , Iss. 3 Health systems research seeks to generate knowledge to improve the mechanisms for delivering quality health services and improving population health outcomes. It covers a wide range of research questions, including health […]
There is increasing recognition of the importance of sharing research data within the international scientific community, but also of the ethical and social challenges this presents, particularly in the context of structural inequities and varied capacity in international research. Public involvement is essential to building locally responsive research policies, including on data sharing, but little […]
Hyder, A.A. et al. (2014) Ethical review of health systems research in low and middle income countries: a conceptual exploration American Journal of Bioethics. 14(2): 28-37 Hyder and colleagues provide a framework to begin to think about ethics in health systems research. They prompt us to consider eight different areas: (1) the nature of intervention; (2) types of […]
Hyder, A.A. et al. (2014) The ethics of health systems research in low- and middle-income countries: A call to action. Global Public Health. 9(9): 1008-1022 This article draws on learning from a two-day workshop on the ethics of health systems research in low- and middle-income countries. The article explores emerging ethical issues such as units of […]
Molyneux C, Goudge J, Russell S, Chuma J, Gumede T and Gilson L (2009) Conducting health-related social science research in low income settings: ethical dilemmas faced in Kenya and South Africa, Journal of International Development Volume 21, Issue 2 The value of the social sciences is increasingly recognised in health services and clinical research, contributing to […]