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ReviewScience and engineering ethics2020

Institutional Approaches to Research Integrity in Ghana.

Amos K Laar, Barbara K Redman, Kyle Ferguson, Arthur Caplan

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Review in Science and engineering ethics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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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

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Strengthening Research Ethics Capacity in West Africa, 2015-2024.Journal of empirical research on human research ethics : JERHRE · 2025
    Article
  3. Article
  4. Assessment of the Operational Characteristics of Research Ethics Committees in Ghana.Journal of empirical research on human research ethics : JERHRE
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Amos K LaarDepartment of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Box LG 13, Legon, Accra, Ghana. alaar@ug.edu.gh.ORCID 0000-0001-5557-0164
Barbara K RedmanDivision of Medical Ethics, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5119-9898
Kyle FergusonDivision of Medical Ethics, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9285-4975
Arthur CaplanDivision of Medical Ethics, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4061-8011

Funding

Promoting Academic Workforce Development in Behavioral Medicine and Sleep Disorders ResearchR25HL105444 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI Girardin Jean-Louis, Tatjana Rundek · 2010 to 2026
$5.8M
NYU-UG Research Integrity Training ProgramR25TW010886 · FIC · UNIVERSITY OF GHANA · PI Amos Laar, OLUGBENGA G. OGEDEGBE · 2018 to 2026
$2.2M
FIC NIH HHS R25 TW010886NHLBI NIH HHS R25 HL105444
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Research misconduct (RM) remains an important problem in health research despite decades of local, national, regional, and international efforts to eliminate it. The ultimate goal of every health research project, irrespective of setting, is to produce trustworthy findings to address local as well as global health issues. To be able to lead or participate meaningfully in international research collaborations, individual and institutional capacities for research integrity (RI) are paramount. Accordingly, this paper concerns itself not only with individuals' research skills but also with institutional and national policies and governance. Such policies and governance provide an ethical scaffold for the production of knowledge and structure incentives. This paper's operational definition of research therefore draws from Institute of Medicine's articulation of health research as an inquiry that aims to produce knowledge about the structure, processes, or effects of personal health services; and from an existing health systems framework. The paper reviews the research regulatory environment and the ethics apparatus in Ghana, and describes a project jointly undertaken by Ghanaian researchers in collaboration with New York University to assess the perceived adequacy of current institutional practices, opportunities, and incentives for promoting RI.

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Scientific MisconductAcademies and InstitutesGhanaHumansPolicyResearch PersonnelEthics apparatusGhanaHealth researchResearch climateResearch integrity

Identifiers

PMID32779114
PMCPMC10286241

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