The need for multidisciplinary health research

Conservation Biology: The Need for Multidisciplinary Approaches

Health research: need for a methodological revolution?

The polarization of research ideologies into two camps, qualitative versus quantitative, has been commented on by a number of authors. One of the more recent contributions to this debate comes from the journal Addiction in which McKeganey (1995) discusses the divide between the two underlying philosophies and concludes that this divide no longer serves a useful function. He then discusses a num...

The need for adequate ethical guidelines for qualitative health research.

This paper discusses adequacy as to the application of Brazilian guidelines, Resolution 196/96(1) and complementaries to qualitative health researches, considering that these are based on non-positivistic paradigms. Frequently, decisions about the research are made together with the studied community. There is a concern with justice and social change. And, since subjectivity can be considered t...

A relational conceptual framework for multidisciplinary health research centre infrastructure

Although multidisciplinary and team-based approaches are increasingly acknowledged as necessary to address some of the most pressing contemporary health challenges, many researchers struggle with a lack of infrastructure to facilitate and formalise the requisite collaborations. Specialised research centres have emerged as an important organisational solution, yet centre productivity and sustain...

Biodiesel Exhaust: The Need for Health Effects Research

BACKGROUND Biodiesel is a diesel fuel alternative that has shown potential of becoming a commercially accepted part of the United States' energy infrastructure. In November 2004, the signing of the Jobs Creation Bill HR 4520 marked an important turning point for the future production of biodiesel in the United States because it offers a federal excise tax credit. By the end of 2005, industry pr...