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CHAPTER 5

CHAPTER 5. Global Health Research Methods By: Timothy A. Akers and Mary Anne Alabanza Akers. GLOBAL HEALTH RESEARCH (GHR) Complexities Global Community Generally and Global Research Community Communist China “Us against Them”. PLANNING FOR GLOBAL HEALTH RESEARCH: THE 10/90 DEBATE

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CHAPTER 5

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  1. CHAPTER 5 Global Health Research Methods By: Timothy A. Akers and Mary Anne Alabanza Akers

  2. GLOBAL HEALTH RESEARCH (GHR) • Complexities • Global Community Generally and Global Research Community • Communist China • “Us against Them”

  3. PLANNING FOR GLOBAL HEALTH RESEARCH: THE 10/90 DEBATE • The Global Forum for Health Research (2006)

  4. ACCESSING DATA: SECONDARY DATA • Taxonomy of data sources may consist of: • Abstracts and summaries on global health issues • Nationally sponsored reports by government agencies • Independently published studies by global health researchers • Tabulated data reporting by national agencies • Secondary data available for integration and analysis by independent investigators

  5. SAMPLE OF GLOBAL AGENCIES THAT MAINTAIN TABULATED OR SECONDARY DATA

  6. SAMPLE OF GLOBAL AGENCIES THAT MAINTAIN TABULATED OR SECONDARY DATA

  7. Collecting the Data: Primary Data • Concerns of stigma • Flexibility is vital • Volumes of data are accurately merged and integrated for later retrieval and analysis

  8. GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) IN GLOBAL HEALTH RESEARCH • Geospatially mapping • Web site: www.who.int/health_mapping/en • Other uses of GIS include: • Determining geographical distribution or dispersion of diseases • Analysis of spatial and temporal (time) trend data • Visually overlapping other data • Observing structural intervention

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