tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335146197342151188.post1416371234519381125..comments2024-02-29T13:07:00.519+00:00Comments on Development Horizons by Lawrence Haddad: When Worlds Collide: Trying to work across the health-development divideLawrence Haddadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17265061444076801962noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335146197342151188.post-44425170643483110002013-06-03T22:45:38.206+01:002013-06-03T22:45:38.206+01:00Finally it seems that the gates are opening for an...Finally it seems that the gates are opening for an inter-party cooperation with regards to the health sector. That's a good step forward; we need more interoperability to bring health programs to more people.Therese Ligerthttp://www.ushealthworks.com/Seattle-First-Ave-Center.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335146197342151188.post-55779580310917766542013-05-15T16:04:32.899+01:002013-05-15T16:04:32.899+01:00Despite the fact that a concrete consensus in appl...Despite the fact that a concrete consensus in applying the combined approaches to better understand a serious problem, I have to say that this conference was a great move. A channel of communication was opened between parties that, though unrelated, are both affected by the issue at hand (that is, the health-development divide).Lance Harcourthttp://www.primarycareak.com/Eagle-River.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335146197342151188.post-54457741594548228612013-02-26T05:46:20.544+00:002013-02-26T05:46:20.544+00:00Water sanitation should always be a priority. If t...Water sanitation should always be a priority. If the government or concerned institutions or organizations will continue to ignore this issue, people's health are at risk. There are always solutions for problems like this.Cameron Salmondhttp://oyxster.com.au/laser/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335146197342151188.post-28776761697641483752013-02-12T15:27:26.220+00:002013-02-12T15:27:26.220+00:00Good explanation on a complex subject matter. I...Good explanation on a complex subject matter. I'm hoping for a discussion on respiratory health. I would like that e cigarettes be more visible to the public. The public awareness for these should be increased for the smokers to have an idea of its health benefits.Amelia Parryhttp://kingpinecigs.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335146197342151188.post-46979004825638263022012-09-25T19:01:21.712+01:002012-09-25T19:01:21.712+01:00Hi Stephen, thanks for this..I agree that the dema...Hi Stephen, thanks for this..I agree that the demand side is more important..<br /><br />I like the idea of a discussion between peer reviewers..not sure if that ever happens on a paper submitted to a journal, but you are right, it often happens on funding panels (and IDS Fellow review panels) -- and why not a journal?<br /><br />I think the systematic review format was more restrictive than we realised (or perhaps we were not creative enough in bending it to our will).<br /><br />thanks!<br /><br />Lawrence Haddadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17265061444076801962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335146197342151188.post-34607777547204285862012-09-23T14:31:49.156+01:002012-09-23T14:31:49.156+01:00Thanks for a good summary of the discussions. I wa...Thanks for a good summary of the discussions. I was at the workshop (but not affiliated to any of the organisations involved) and shared some of the 'civil society head-scratching' that you mention. In particular, some conclusions like 'we need to understand context' and 'we need to appreciate people's own agency' would seem like starting points rather than conclusions to most social scientists (and fall close to the pitfalls Duncan Green recently mentioned that researchers sometimes fall into when writing conclusions for policy-makers - see http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=11659).<br /><br />Clearly there is huge expertise and experience amongst the people and organisations involved, so I wonder how many of the challenges were related to the initial stage of developing the project's questions and the restrictions that emerged then? You mention some of the issues - different disciplinary languages and understandings of evidence - and there was mention of a fifth paper setting out some of these conceptual issues and discussions which sounded like it would be useful. Is this paper going to be published too? <br /><br />I like your suggestion for multidiscipinary MAs - but I wonder if the demand-side (research funding, how peer reiew works etc) is more important than the supply-side. Regarding journals and peer-review, is there no way 2 (or more) reviewers from different disciplines could be assigned to a paper and asked to discuss it together? Some of the blind nature of the review might be lost, but if I understand this right a similar thing happends with many research funding panels. Stephen Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04951476178897677941noreply@blogger.com