EcoZD Research Units:Bridges & Barriers to
Integrative Research Approaches
Overview
• key ideas
• EcoHealth concept uptake review: assessment instrument & insights
• bridges & barriers
• discussion: onward toward outcomes
Key Ideas
• paradigm shifts & innovation
• critical self-examination during science-making process
• factors that hinder or facilitate
Thailand & Viet Nam improving slaughter-house hygiene
Chiang Mai University EcoHealth Resource Center
Chinazoonotic diseases - agroecological & ethnic diversity factors
Laos farmer practices, agroecology, zoonoses
Indonesia - Bali community-based rabies prevention
University of Gadjah Mada
EcoHealth Resource Center
Cambodia managing zoonotic causes of acute dysentery
Viet Nam survey of ZEIDS in Viet Nam
Eight (8) EcoZD Research Units
1
Focus Group
Discussion Guide
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actual example
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contextual
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actual,potenti
al strateg
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agency
new questio
ns shaped
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s,tools,
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cost/benefit of
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future of in
agency
transdisci-plinary
collaboration
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
equity 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18participati
on19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
integrative
ecosystem approachEcoHealth
28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
1
strikingcharacteristi
c
actively constructing
transdisciplinary collaboration?
equity addressed?
participatory methods & issues
addressed?
EcoHealththeory-to-practice
strategy?
Unit 1
Unit 2 Detail 3
Unit 3Detail 1+
Unit 4Detail 1
Unit 5Detail 2+
Unit 6
Unit 7
Unit 8
Focus Group Discussion Summary
hierarchy
inter-group communication style
inter-group learning style
inter-group information sharing
adoption of concepts vs. terms
striking characteristics
1
strategies for:
assessing degree & quality of collaboration
neutralizing hierarchical information flow & reporting
assuring substantive collaboration at all research stages
harnessing & building on past collaboration
constructing transdisciplinary
collaboration?
2
strategies for:
equitable team decision-making
power-sharing on team
engaging field researchers & enumerators in instrument design
explicit consideration of ethnic minority issues
explicit integration of gender in PAR
equity addressed?
3
strategies for:
identifying information flow/hoarding for integrating research
assuring resources for PRA translation
monitoring quality of stakeholder engagement
explicit consideration of ethnic minority issues
explicit integration of gender in PRA
participatory methods & issues
addressed?
4
strategies for:
using mixed methods to cross discipline barriers
emulating identified models
defining structure & function of collaboration
assuring research is centered on stakeholder
EcoHealththeory-to-practice
strategy?
5
Bridges & Barriers toEcoHealth & OneHealth Practice
(D. Grace 2010)
1 - new structures & mechanisms
2 - changes in organisational culture
3 - new incentives & accountabilities
structure determines function strong leadership & buy-in from senior staff building on past successful models speeds processes need for sufficient human resources & sufficient budgeting
new structures &
mechanisms
1
strong cultures with visionary leaders co-operation and collegiality focus on outcomes not on outputs
innovation and different perspectives welcomed
changes in organisational
culture
2
performance measures that reflect goals of integrative research approach
research projects accountable upwards and downwards
focus on communication
new incentives & accountabiliti
es
3
Are these changes occurring in EcoZD research units for moving toward the following?
• paradigm shift & innovation
• critical self-examination during science-making process
• organizational mechanisms to facilitate EcoHealth research
Unit 1 expanding expert panel of advisors
Unit 5rotating team meeting chair
Unit 6bypassing rigid & slow inter-agency reporting process
Unit 2 institutionalizing non-hierarchical communication between junior & senior staff
new structures &
mechanisms
4
Unit 2 opening intra-agency
information flow
Unit 3moving from resource-
sharing to sharing ideas & research goals
Unit 1expanding community-based
action-research & integration of local champions
Unit 5increasing confidence in
exploring complex research questions
changes in organisational
culture
5
Unit 5collaboration with international partners & donors Unit 3recognition by central government on cost-saving & development impacts of successful collaborative research
Unit 4trust-building with new partners & networking
new incentives & accountabiliti
es
6
How can Research Units:1 - new structures & mechanisms
•mitigate hindering or harness enabling structures in their agencies?•secure solid senior staff buy-in for long-term commitment?•model research on successful past experiences in collaborative work?
2 - changes in organisational culture
•learn to integrate mixed research methods?•innovate for paradigmatic change in science-making?•institutionalize peer-learning and intra-team cross-disciplinary learning?
3 - new incentives & accountabilities
•align their outcomes with EcoZD expected outputs?•Insure stakeholder ownership beyond EcoZD?•broaden communication strategies?•identify rewards that mitigate perceived high time & funding costs
of collaborative research?
Implementing Lessons Learned & Onward to Outcomes
EcoZD Objective
Increase the knowledge, skills and capacity of research and infectious disease control personnel in SEA to understand risks and impacts of Zoonotic Emerging Infectious Diseases (ZEIDs) and best options to be implemented and adapted.
EcoZD Research Units:Bridges & Barriers to
Integrative Research Approachesfor references contact
Rainer Assé, PhD
Universitas Gadjah Madaมหาวิ�ทยาลัยเชี�ยงใหม�
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