Using a rapid environmental scan methodology to map country-level global health research expertise in Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many countries are currently rethinking their global health research funding priorities. When resources are limited, it is important to understand and use information about existing research strengths to inform research strategies and investments and to drive impact. This study describes a method to rapidly assess a country's global health research expertise and applies this method in the Canadian context.

Methods

We developed a three-pronged rapid environmental scan to evaluate Canadian global health research expertise that focused on research funding inputs, research activities and research outputs. We assessed research funding inputs from Canada's national health research funding agency and identified the 30 Canadian universities that received the most global h

SUBMITTER: Nagi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7146898 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature