Ethics and health research priority setting : a narrative review
Abstract
This narrative review aims to describe current practice and ongoing discussions in the academic literature regarding ethics and health research priority setting. It begins with some preliminary distinctions regarding types of research priority setting. It then gives some background on current practice with respect to formal research priority setting exercises, including summaries of The Ad Hoc Committee on Health Research method, the Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative (CHNRI) method, the Combined Approach Matrix (CAM), the Delphi method, the Essential National Health Research (ENHR) strategy for priority setting, and the James Lind Alliance (JLA) framework. The majority of the paper reports the results of a literature review covering specifically ethical issues under the thematic headings of process criteria, substantive criteria, global justice, the obligations of specific actors, and research topics. It closes with some summary thoughts about apparent gaps and directions for future investigation.
Citation
Millum , J 2024 , ' Ethics and health research priority setting : a narrative review ' , Wellcome Open Research , vol. 9 , 203 . https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.21182.1
Publication
Wellcome Open Research
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
2398-502XType
Journal item
Description
Funding: This work was supported by Wellcome [222525].Collections
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