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What Counts in Health Research? Who's Counted in Health Research? Making Research Count
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How to Make Research Count
Crucial gender differences have been found in how women and men experience health and illness, receive and give treatment and intervention, and interpret experiences that enhance or reduce health. There are also critical differences in how women and men access the health care system, manage health care, work in health care and give care at home or elsewhere. Understanding these and other yet-to-be-discovered differences would directly benefit the health of Canadians. Fully integrated health research is the only way to understand the impact of gender differences. In Canada, there is a long tradition in women’s health research of pursuing integrated approaches. Now the British Columbia of Excellence for Women’s Health has developed Fusion, a model that holds the promise of increasing the relevance of health research to women and men by integrating research methods, disciplinary perspectives and policy considerations. Fusion includes a wheel made of seven moveable rings that animates how integration is possible. A practical tool, Fusion can be used at a conceptual level to discuss approaches to research, or with research teams to design a research agenda, focus on a research question, work out a methodological approach or analyse and disseminate research results. To order your copy of the Fusion report and wheel, contact: |
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