Committee on Military Nutrition Research Activity Report 1986 - 1992.

1992 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernadette M. Marriott ◽  
Robert Earl
Keyword(s):  
Research Activity ◽  
Nutrition Research ◽  
Activity Report

scholarly journals Utilization of Positive Deviance into Research Activity for Community Health

2019 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Harumi Bando ◽  
Mayumi Mizutani
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Positive Deviance ◽  
Community Leaders ◽  
Local Problem ◽  
Health Providers ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
Activity Report

The Positive Deviance (PD) approach believes that in every community there exist individuals or groups, who without any extra resources, practice uncommon behaviors that offer better solutions to addressing problems in a community. PD is a community-driven change approach that encourages community members to discover their own assets, strengths, and wisdom to solve a local problem. The purpose of this activity report is to describe the lessons we learned about PD during a visit with pioneering global researchers and practitioners of positive deviance in the United States in September, 2018. Our key learning included: discovering “uncommon” behaviors which are already practiced by community members, and are thus actionable and more acceptable to community members; investigating positive deviants at many levels i.e., among health providers, community leaders, and the ordinary population; and the importance of designing, from the very beginning, a project that invites and engages all community members who through ownership can sustain impact.

scholarly journals Research Activity Report: South America

Kinship ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriana Queiroz Testa ◽  
Marcio Ferreira da Silva ◽  
Márnio Teixeira-Pinto
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Activity Report

scholarly journals Pushing partnerships: corporate influence on research and policy via the International Life Sciences Institute

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (11) ◽  
pp. 2032-2040 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Steele ◽  
Gary Ruskin ◽  
David Stuckler
Keyword(s):  
Conflicts Of Interest ◽  
Life Sciences ◽  
International Health ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Freedom Of Information ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Undue Influence ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Nutrition Research ◽  
Research And Policy

AbstractObjective:There are concerns that some non-profit organisations, financed by the food industry, promote industry positions in research and policy materials. Using Freedom of Information (FOI) requests, we test the proposition that the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI), one prominent non-for profit in international health and nutrition research, promotes industry positions.Design:U.S. Right to Know filed five FOI from 2015 to 2018 covering communications with researchers at four US institutions: Texas A&M, University of Illinois, University of Colorado and North Carolina State University. It received 15 078 pages, which were uploaded to the University of California San Francisco’s Industry Documents Library. We searched the Library exploring it thematically for instances of: (1) funding research activity that supports industry interests; (2) publishing and promoting industry-sponsored positions or literature; (3) disseminating favourable material to decision makers and the public and (4) suppressing views that do not support industry.Results:Available emails confirmed that ILSI’s funding by corporate entities leads to industry influence over some of ILSI activities. Emails reveal a pattern of activity in which ILSI sought to exploit the credibility of scientists and academics to bolster industry positions and promote industry-devised content in its meetings, journal and other activities. ILSI also actively seeks to marginalise unfavourable positions.Conclusions:We conclude that undue influence of industry through third-party entities like ILSI requires enhanced management of conflicts of interest by researchers. We call for ILSI to be recognised as a private sector entity rather than an independent scientific non-profit, to allow for more appropriate appraisal of its outputs and those it funds.

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