The time is now: setting a rural health research agenda

The time is now: setting a rural health research agenda.

Transitioning from health disparities to a health equity research agenda: the time is now.

Health disparities are real. The evidence base is large and irrefutable. As such, the time is now to shift the research emphasis away from solely documenting the pervasiveness of the health disparities problem and begin focusing on health equity, the highest level of health possible. The focus on health equity research will require investigators to propose projects that develop and evaluate evi...

A rural mental health research agenda: defining context and setting priorities.

This article provides a brief overview of research perspectives on rural mental health services and suggests the importance of building an agenda to bring coherence to studies in this area. The need for sound theory and methodology to guide research is emphasized. The importance of better conceptualization of the rural context as a focus of research is addressed, and 14 propositions concerning ...

Setting the Research Agenda on the Health Effects of Chemicals

In 2011, World Health Organization (WHO) scientists reported that a significant percentage of global deaths and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in 2004 could be attributed to chemicals. The 2011 review focused only on certain chemicals, however, and concluded that the global burden of disease was underestimated because of serious data gaps. While various chemical assessment documents hav...

The Schistosomiasis Research Agenda—What Now?

As relatively new schistosomiasis researchers, we awaited with eagerness the publication of the ‘‘Schistosomiasis Research Agenda’’ (SRA) put forward by Colley and Secor in the December 2007 issue of PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases [1]. The SRA is a comprehensive, well-organized list of research activities that reflects the impressive diversity of interests that make up current schistosomiasis...