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ReviewBMJ global health2020

Fostering global primary care research: a capacity-building approach.

David Ponka, Megan Coffman, Krystle Elizabeth Fraser-Barclay, Richard D W Fortier, Amanda Howe, Michael Kidd, Robert P Lennon, Jeremiah K A Madaki, Bob Mash, Sherina Mohd Sidik and 3 more

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Review in BMJ global health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
28citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. General practice-based cancer research publications: a bibliometric analysis 2013-2019.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 10 institutions in 9 countries.

David PonkaBesrour Centre for Global Family Medicine, College of Family Physicians of Canada, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada dponka@cfpc.ca.ORCID 0000-0003-0902-8520
Megan CoffmanRobert Graham Center Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care, Washington DC, District of Columbia, USA.
Krystle Elizabeth Fraser-BarclayDepartment of Family Medicine, Georgetown Public Hospital, Georgetown, Guyana.
Richard D W FortierGeneral Practice, University of Auckland Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Auckland, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0001-5305-991X
Amanda HowePrimary Care, University of East Anglia Norwich Medical School, Norwich, Norfolk, UK.
Michael KiddDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada and Southgate Institute for Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Robert P LennonFamily and Community Medicine, Penn State Health Milton S Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0973-5890
Jeremiah K A MadakiFamily Medicine, University of Jos, Jos, Plateau, Nigeria.ORCID 0000-0002-6898-8428
Bob MashFamily and Emergency Medicine, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
Sherina Mohd SidikPsychiatry, Universiti Putra Malaysia Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0001-6754-6145
Chris van WeelDepartment Primary and Community Care, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-3653-4701
Kristina ZawalyFamily Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-0370-9616
Felicity Goodyear-SmithGeneral Practice, University of Auckland Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Auckland, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0002-6657-9401
University of Auckland · NZAustralian National University · AUCenter For Policy Research · USPenn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center · USStellenbosch University · ZAUniversiti Putra Malaysia · MYUniversity of East Anglia · GBUniversity of Jos · NGUniversity of Ottawa · CAUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Alma Ata and Astana Declarations reaffirm the importance of high-quality primary healthcare (PHC), yet the capacity to undertake PHC research-a core element of high-quality PHC-in low-income and middle-income countries (LMIC) is limited. Our aim is to explore the current risks or barriers to primary care research capacity building, identify the ongoing tensions that need to be resolved and offer some solutions, focusing on emerging contexts. This paper arose from a workshop held at the 2019 North American Primary Care Research Group Annual Meeting addressing research capacity building in LMICs. Five case studies (three from Africa, one from South-East Asia and one from South America) illustrate tensions and solutions to strengthening PHC research around the world. Research must be conducted in local contexts and be responsive to the needs of patients, populations and practitioners in the community. The case studies exemplify that research capacity can be strengthened at the

Indexed as

Capacity BuildingDeveloping CountriesAfricaHumansIncomePrimary Health Carehealth services researchhealth systems evaluation

Identifiers

PMID32624501
PMCPMC7337619
OpenAlexW3038888978

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Registered trials

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