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has title	Assessing the capacity for conflict and health research in Lebanon: a qualitative study
Creator	Ekzayez, Abdulkarim Abu-Sittah, Ghassan El Achi, Nassim Honein-Abouhaidar, Gladys Kobeissi, Elsa Meagher, Kristen Patel, Preeti Papamichail, Andreas Rizk, Anthony
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abstract	BACKGROUND: Conflicts pose new challenges for health systems, requiring rapid and practical approaches to meet emerging needs on the ground. Lebanon has been highly influenced by surrounding conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, especially the Syrian crisis. Strengthening research capacity to collect evidence on conflict in the MENA region and beyond is crucial to inform healthcare policy and practice. For targeted capacity strengthening interventions, the main objective of this paper is to present key findings of a needs assessment of conflict and health research in Lebanon. This will support recent efforts to scale up context-specific policies, interventions to strengthen the country’s health system, and research capacity. METHODS: The study is based on 30 semi-structured interviews with key informants such as specialist academics, humanitarian workers and public sector officials. RESULTS: Despite being ranked third in the number of publications on biomedical and health research per capita in MENA and in hosting reputable universities which are considered central academic hubs in the region, lack of nationwide research culture, insufficient funding and limited access to data were reported to be major challenges for health researchers in Lebanon. Even with the ongoing efforts, poor impact of research on policy continues to be a persistent gap. Large disparities in research capacities and taught skills were reported between different universities in Lebanon, with a disproportionate emphasis on quantitative over qualitative skills. Most medical students are not trained to conduct research or to practice in conflict settings. Concerns were also expressed regarding the ethics of research conducted, specifically by local non-governmental organizations. RECOMMENDATIONS: To conduct contextualized trainings on research skills with a stronger focus on qualitative approaches, medical practice, and ethical research in conflict. To better involve policymakers in designing research agendas by organizing multiple stakeholder meetings. CONCLUSION: The study indicates that health research in Lebanon is characterized by considerable strengths in terms of human capital and research capacities of certain universities. However, the Lebanese research infrastructure needs further development in terms of ensuring sustainable funding, providing access to data, teaching qualitative research skills, conducting ethical and multidisciplinary research, and promoting cross-sectoral knowledge transfer.
has issue date	2020-08-18(xsd:dateTime)
bibo:doi	10.1186/s13031-020-00304-x
bibo:pmid	32821269
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schema:url	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13031-020-00304-x
resource representing a document's title	Assessing the capacity for conflict and health research in Lebanon: a qualitative study
has PubMed Central identifier	PMC7432458
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