Evaluating Health Research Capacity Building: An Evidence-Based Tool

Evaluating Health Research Capacity Building: An Evidence-Based Tool

August 2006 | Volume 3 | Issue 8 | e299 An increasingly important goal of governments and external agencies in developing countries is the need for “capacity building” in health research. Although a poorly defi ned and understood concept, capacity building would essentially enable de novo health research programmes to be facilitated and existing programmes to be strengthened (see [1] and page 1...

Capacity Building in Global Mental Health Research

Research-generated information about mental disorders is crucial in order to establish the health needs in a given setting, to propose culturally apt and cost-effective individual and collective interventions, to investigate their implementation, and to explore the obstacles that prevent recommended strategies from being implemented. Yet the capacity to undertake such research in low- and middl...

Building capacity in applied health services research.

Building National Capacity for Research Mentor Training: An Evidence-Based Approach to Training the Trainers

Research mentor training (RMT), based on the published Entering Mentoring curricula series, has been shown to improve the knowledge and skills of research mentors across career stages, as self-reported by both the mentors engaged in training and their mentees. To promote widespread dissemination and empower others to implement this evidence-based training at their home institutions, we develope...

Building research capacity through community-based projects.

Research during general practitioner (GP) training has historically been underrepresented in the medical curriculum. Few GPs in Australia have postgraduate research qualifications and few engage actively in research. The development of an integrated and innovative curriculum at an Australian university provides a unique opportunity to embed research and critical analysis (RCA) at every stage of...