Research focus
Our research activities revolve around ethically challenging dimensions of global and national health focusing on the following two key research topics:
- Justice and priority setting in health, including questions about how to allocate scarce resources for health and health care efficiently and fairly.
- The articulation between large scale (global/national) health initiatives and local health systems.
Key research topics
Ethics, Economy and Health
- Equity and social determinants of health
- The ethics of clinical decisions
- Local implications of global / national health policies and –initiatives
- Culture and health
- Economic evaluation
- Reproductive health, maternal health, gender
Publications
The group aims at publishing in high ranking international peer-reviewed journals and books published at reknown publishers. We have an explicit policy of opting for open access journals to ensure free global access to the publications.
Global Health Research Group: Ethics, Economy and Culture
An interdisciplinary group
The group is interdisciplinary with professional competence in medicine, medical anthropology, economics, ethics and philosophy, political science, public health, sociology, epidemiology, statistics and history. Drawing upon the knowledge from a variety of perspectives is a precondition for the group’s research activities.
Research Group Responsible: Astrid Blystad
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News
Global Health Group:receives a very positive evaluation
The Research Council of Norway has facilitated an evaluation of biology, medicine and health research in Norway.
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News
Marte Jürgensen won the Researcher Grand Prix finals
PhD candidate at SIH, Marte Jürgensen, won the local finals of the Researcher Grand Prix and proceeds to the national finals.
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Conference
Global Health Challenges
From Monday 31 October to Thursday 3 November the Bergen Resource Centre for International Development will host a wide range of lectures, discussions and even a book launch.
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PHD
Norwegian-Ugandan Friendship
This month Grace Ndeezi from Uganda will defend the first joint PhD from Makerere University and the University of Bergen.
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New publication
Unfair working conditions affect health workers' motivation
Health workers' motivation is one of the determining factors of the quality of public health services in Tanzania. Perceived unfairness in working conditions could be an important reason for low motivation.
News
- Global Health Group:receives a very positive evaluation (17.11.2011)
- Marte Jürgensen won the Researcher Grand Prix finals (31.10.2011)
BMC International Health and Human Rights
- Perceptions and utilization of primary health care services in Iraq: findings from a national household survey (16.12.11)
- Evaluation of knowledge levels amongst village AIDS committees after undergoing HIV educational sessions: results from a pilot study in rural Tanzania (13.12.11)
- An approach to addressing governance from a health system framework perspective (02.12.11)
- Compulsory Drug Detention Center Experiences among a Community-Based Sample of Injection Drug Users in Bangkok, Thailand (20.10.11)
- Health-care seeking behaviour among persons with diabetes in Uganda: an interview study. (26.09.11)