Collaboration and partnerships in humanitarian research offer a wealth of opportunities (e.g., personal, professional and scientific) as well as risks (e.g., paternalism, exploitation) that point to responsibilities. It requires attention to power and influence, consciousness of historical causes of inequity and current critiques/concerns of reproducing or perpetuating harms, and trust/courage to discuss these issues openly.
As such, the commitment uniting the partnership resources listed below is for research that is not extractive or tokenistic and goes further than community engagement.
Resources:
Canadian Bioethics Society Workshop on Collaborative Partnerships in Humanitarian Settings: https://humanitarianhealthethics.net/2024/07/01/collaborative-research-in-humanitarian-settings-cbs-workshop/
Fitzpatrick, M., I. Cordua, T. Atim, A. Kattakuzhy, and K. Conciatori. (2023). “Co-investigators but with different power”: Local voices on the localization of humanitarian research. Feinstein International Center, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University and Net- work for Empowered Aid Response. Boston, MA.
Catherine Olivier, Matthew R. Hunt & Valéry Ridde. (2016). NGO–researcher partnerships in global health research: benefits, challenges, and approaches that promote success, Development in Practice, 26:4, 444-455, DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2016.1164122
Maiter S, Simich L, Jacobson N, Wise J. Reciprocity: An ethic for community-based participatory action research. Action Research. 2008;6(3):305-325. doi:10.1177/1476750307083720.
Larson CP, Plamondon KM, Dubent L, Bicaba F, Bicaba A, Minh TH, Nguyen A, Girard JE, Ramdé J, Gyorkos TW (2022). The Equity Tool for Valuing Global Health Partnerships. Glob Health Sci Pract. https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00316
Tamarack Institute, Understanding Community-Led Approaches to Community Change https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Resources/Publications/2020%20Paper%20-%20Understanding%20Community-Led%20Approaches.pdf?hsLang=en-us
Nuffield Council on Bioethics. (2020). Research In Global Health Emergencies: Ethical Issues. https://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/publications/research-in-global-health-emergencies
The Global Health Network, https://tghn.org/ and their network on community engagement and research collaborations, https://mesh.tghn.org/.
ELRHA Guide to Constructing Effective Partnerships https://www.elrha.org/researchdatabase/elrha-guide-to-constructing-effective-partnerships/
CCGHR Principles for Global Health Research: https://cagh-acsm.org/en/resources/ccghr-principles-global-health-research
CCGHR Partnership Assessment Tool: https://cagh-acsm.org/sites/default/files/pat_ccghr_regular.pdf
CIHR Framework for Action on Global Health Researchhttps://cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/52503.html
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