Bridging research integrity and global health epidemiology (BRIDGE) guidelines: explanation and elaboration

Over the past decade, two movements have profoundly changed the environment in which global health epidemiologists work: research integrity and research fairness. Both ought to be equally nurtured by global health epidemiologists who aim to produce high quality impactful research. Yet bridging betwe...

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Main Authors: Walter Mendoza, Kristien Verdonck, Annick Lenglet, Sandra Alba, Rutuja Patil, Sanjay Juvekar, Susan F Rumisha, Johanna Roth
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Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-10-01
Series:BMJ Global Health
Online Access:https://gh.bmj.com/content/5/10/e003237.full
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description Over the past decade, two movements have profoundly changed the environment in which global health epidemiologists work: research integrity and research fairness. Both ought to be equally nurtured by global health epidemiologists who aim to produce high quality impactful research. Yet bridging between these two aspirations can lead to practical and ethical dilemmas. In the light of these reflections we have proposed the BRIDGE guidelines for the conduct of fair global health epidemiology, targeted at stakeholders involved in the commissioning, conduct, appraisal and publication of global health research. The guidelines follow the conduct of a study chronologically from the early stages of study preparation until the dissemination and communication of findings. They can be used as a checklist by research teams, funders and other stakeholders to ensure that a study is conducted in line with both research integrity and research fairness principles. In this paper we offer a detailed explanation for each item of the BRIDGE guidelines. We have focused on practical implementation issues, making this document most of interest to those who are actually conducting the epidemiological work.
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spelling doaj-art-3a394b5f77c140ceba769b8f8a230c502024-12-11T19:40:09ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Global Health2059-79082020-10-0151010.1136/bmjgh-2020-003237Bridging research integrity and global health epidemiology (BRIDGE) guidelines: explanation and elaborationWalter Mendoza0Kristien Verdonck1Annick Lenglet2Sandra Alba3Rutuja Patil4Sanjay Juvekar5Susan F Rumisha6Johanna Roth76 United Nations Population Fund, Lima, PeruDepartment of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerpen, BelgiumOperational Center Amsterdam Headquarters, Médecins Sans Frontières, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsHealth, KIT Royal Tropical Insistute, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsVadu Rural Health Program, KEM Hospital Research Centre Pune, Pune, Maharashtra, IndiaSavitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra, IndiaGeospatial Health and Development, Telethon Kids Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia4 European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership, The Hague, South Holland, The NetherlandsOver the past decade, two movements have profoundly changed the environment in which global health epidemiologists work: research integrity and research fairness. Both ought to be equally nurtured by global health epidemiologists who aim to produce high quality impactful research. Yet bridging between these two aspirations can lead to practical and ethical dilemmas. In the light of these reflections we have proposed the BRIDGE guidelines for the conduct of fair global health epidemiology, targeted at stakeholders involved in the commissioning, conduct, appraisal and publication of global health research. The guidelines follow the conduct of a study chronologically from the early stages of study preparation until the dissemination and communication of findings. They can be used as a checklist by research teams, funders and other stakeholders to ensure that a study is conducted in line with both research integrity and research fairness principles. In this paper we offer a detailed explanation for each item of the BRIDGE guidelines. We have focused on practical implementation issues, making this document most of interest to those who are actually conducting the epidemiological work.https://gh.bmj.com/content/5/10/e003237.full
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BMJ Global Health
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