Barriers to Global Health Research

In this brief survey you will be asked about your experiences with initiating global health research projects. If you conduct research in more than one country please complete a new survey for each location. If you have more than one project in a specific country, please complete a new survey for each study you are conducting. Please forward this survey to any colleagues who conduct projects that are separate from your own. For any further information, please email Dr. Jennifer Towbin at Jennifer_towbin@rush.edu. Thank you for your time!

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* 1. Where are you and/or your home institution located?

United States - Northeast Region (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT, NJ, NY, PA)

United States - Midwest Region (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI, IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)

United States - South Region (DE, FL, GA, MY, NC, SC, VA, D.C., WV, AL, KY, TN, MS, AR, LA, OK, TX)

United States - West Region (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY, AK, CA, OR, WA, HI)

United States - Puerto Rico, Guam, Virgin Islands

Canada

Caribbean

Central America

Europe - please specify country

Africa - please specify country

Asia - please specify country

South America - please specify country

Australia

Antarctica

Please specify country:

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* 2. In what country do you perform research?

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* 3. What type of research are you conducting?

Bench work (no interaction with human subjects)

Social and behavioral, non interventional (ex: Quality Improvement, Survey, Interview)

Social and behavioral, interventional (ex. behavior modification)

Biomedical, non invasive (ex. providing medication or a service that causes no discomfort)

Biomedical, invasive (ex. requiring blood draw or other intervention that could cause discomfort)

for "other" please specify

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* 4. Through what college/department is your research conducted? (ex: College of Nursing, Social Work, Medicine, School of Public Health, etc.)

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* 5. What other disciplines are collaborating with you on your project? (check all that apply)

MPH

Nursing

Statistician

Social worker

MD/DO

Graduate students

Other (please specify)

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* 6. What type of approval did you receive from your country of study prior to conducting research?

IRB approval at partner institution in host country

Local Community Leader approval

No official approval obtained

Other (please specify)

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* 7. Did you have an academic partner in your country of study prior to your research being initiated?

Yes

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* 8. If you received IRB approval from your country of study, how long did the process take?

< 1 month

1 to 6 months

6 months to 1 year

> 1 year

Not applicable

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* 9. If you were unable to get approval from the country of study what prevented approval? (please check all that apply)

Inability to connect with the IRB Committee

Rejection of project by IRB Committee

No in-country academic partnership

Inability to identify Local Community Leader for project approval

Rejection of project by Local Community Leader

Research aborted due to prolonged approval process

Not applicable

Other (please specify)

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* 10. After IRB or local community leader approval was obtained how long did it take to get IRB approval from your home institution?

< 1 month

1 month to 6 months

6 months to 1 year

> 1 year

Not applicable

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* 11. How did you fund your research? (please check all that apply)

Grant(s)

Private Donor(s)

Institutional Money

Other (please specify)

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* 12. What methods were used to locate these sources of support?

Web search

Word of mouth

Institutional Contacts/Mentorship

Other (please specify)

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* 13. What type of support did you receive from your local institution? (please check all that apply)

Grant Writing

Funding

Systems analysis

Data analysis

Workshops and training

Support staff

No support received

Other (please specify)

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* 14. Does your institution collaborate with other institutions on global health research?

Yes

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* 15. How did you identify your inter-institutional co-collaborators

Regional/National Meeting

Partnership in place from previous collaboration

Personal Contact

Other (please specify)

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* 16. While we understand there are many various forms of support, how would you overall rate your institution's level of support towards global health research?

Discourages

Neutral

Passively supports

Actively supports

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* 17. Does your institution have a central office dedicated to Global Health?

Yes

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* 1. Where are you and/or your home institution located?

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* 2. In what country do you perform research?

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* 3. What type of research are you conducting?

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* 4. Through what college/department is your research conducted? (ex: College of Nursing, Social Work, Medicine, School of Public Health, etc.)

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* 5. What other disciplines are collaborating with you on your project? (check all that apply)

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* 6. What type of approval did you receive from your country of study prior to conducting research?

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* 7. Did you have an academic partner in your country of study prior to your research being initiated?

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* 8. If you received IRB approval from your country of study, how long did the process take?

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* 9. If you were unable to get approval from the country of study what prevented approval? (please check all that apply)

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* 10. After IRB or local community leader approval was obtained how long did it take to get IRB approval from your home institution?

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* 11. How did you fund your research? (please check all that apply)

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* 12. What methods were used to locate these sources of support?

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* 13. What type of support did you receive from your local institution? (please check all that apply)

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* 14. Does your institution collaborate with other institutions on global health research?

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* 15. How did you identify your inter-institutional co-collaborators

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* 16. While we understand there are many various forms of support, how would you overall rate your institution's level of support towards global health research?

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* 17. Does your institution have a central office dedicated to Global Health?

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* 18. Please describe any other barriers you have encountered during your global health research not addressed above.