Coping behaviour of low-income country researchers versus high-income country researchers in global health collaborations

In this study, Coping behaviour of low-income country researchers in global health collaborations with high-income country researchers, an online survey of low-income country researchers was conducted to investigate what factors influence their integration into collaborations with researchers from high-income countries. Data was collected among 532 low-income country researchers to measure their propensity to integrate into these collaborations while facing various persistent conditions of inequality. This propensity was identified as integration orientation. This study applied the conceptual parallels between this setting and the acculturation setting to measure integration orientation outcomes realised from individual, group, task and community level enablers of equitable research. The results, including structural equation analysis demonstrated that community-level enablers are a more significant predictor of individual integration orientation than other enablers. The study extends acculturation theory to a context where non-dominant individuals’ integration into a dominant in-group is strongly associated with meeting their wider community-level goals, beyond their individual benefit. It recommends policy and practice actions for stakeholders to respond accordingly

本研究聚焦低收入国家研究者与高收入国家研究者开展全球健康合作时的应对行为，通过针对低收入国家研究者的线上调查，探究影响其融入此类跨国合作的相关因素。本研究共收集532名低收入国家研究者的数据，以衡量其在面临各类长期不平等条件时融入合作的倾向，该倾向被界定为融入取向。本研究借助该研究场景与文化适应（acculturation）场景间的概念相似性，对个体、群体、任务及社区层面的公平研究促进因素所催生的融入取向结果进行了量化评估。包括结构方程分析（Structural Equation Analysis）在内的研究结果显示，相较于其他层面的促进因素，社区层面的促进因素对个体融入取向的预测效应更为显著。本研究将文化适应理论拓展至新的应用场景：在此场景中，非主导群体个体融入主导内群体的行为，与其实现更广泛的社区层面目标（而非仅追求个人收益）高度相关。本研究为相关利益相关方提出了针对性的政策与实践行动建议。