Ethics and Politics of Community Engagement in Global Health Research

Name: Ethics and Politics of Community Engagement in Global Health Research
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

The Ethics and Politics of Community Engagement in Global Health ResearchAuthor(s): Lindsey Reynolds, Salla Sariola\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367437770, 978-0367437770\nSynopsis\nDrawing on a growing consensus about the importance of community representation and participation for ethical research, community engagement has become a central component of scientific research, policy-making, ethical review, and technology design. The diversity of actors involved in large-scale global health research collaborations and the broader background conditions of global inequality and injustice that frame the field have led some researchers, funders, and policy-makers to conclude that community engagement is nothing less than a moral imperative in global health research.\n\nRather than taking community engagement as a given, the contributions in this edited volume highlight how processes of community engagement are shap.