scholarly journals Truer Facts Through Stronger Values: Confronting Science's Sociopolitical Realities

2021 ◽  
pp. 104829112110580
Author(s):  
Nadja Eisenberg-Guyot ◽  
Jerzy Eisenberg-Guyot
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Racial Disparities ◽  
Lead Poisoning ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Public Health Research ◽  
Hiv Aids ◽  
Black Panther ◽  
Sociopolitical Forces

Assaults on science have led scientists to demand “politics-free/values-free” science that safeguards science against error by grounding it in “politically neutral” evidence. Considering racial disparities in lead poisoning, HIV/AIDS, and COVID-19, we show the solution is doomed. Politically charged beliefs are essential for assessing public-health research; thus, the beliefs’ truth affects the research's accuracy. However, science's sociopolitical uses systematically distort politically charged beliefs. Since errors assimilate into our scientific corpus and inform new hypotheses, scientists need accurate sociopolitical theories of distorting forces to identify errors. Analyzing Black-Panther opposition to violence research, we argue since racial disparities structure society and science has been distorted to buttress racial inequities, knowledgeable anti-racist scientists exert corrective forces on research. They hold accurate politically charged beliefs about sociopolitical forces shaping science and health, and are committed to eradicating distortions. Thus, rather than quarantining politically charged beliefs, scientists should sharpen their sociopolitical theories and normative commitments.

scholarly journals Truer facts through stronger values: confronting science's sociopolitical realities

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadja Eisenberg-Guyot ◽  
Jerzy Eisenberg-Guyot
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Racial Disparities ◽  
Lead Poisoning ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Hiv Transmission ◽  
Public Health Research ◽  
The Us ◽  
Black Panther ◽  
Sociopolitical Forces

Recent assaults on science have led scientists to demand a "politics-free/values-free" science that safeguards science against error by grounding it in some politically-neutral class of evidence. Considering racial disparities in lead-poisoning in the US and HIV-transmission in southern Africa, we show the solution is doomed. Politically-charged beliefs about societies and groups are integral to, and ineliminable from, assessments of public-health research. Because politically-charged beliefs inform those assessments, the assessments’ truth affects the research’s accuracy. However, research shows that sciences' sociopolitical uses subject politically-charged beliefs to systematic distortion. Since resultant errors are incorporated into our scientific corpus and inform assessments of new hypotheses, scientists need accurate sociopolitical theories of those distorting forces to identify likely errors. Analyzing Black-Panther opposition to violence research, we argue that since our society is structured by racial disparities and science has been distorted to buttress racial inequities, knowledgeable anti-racist scientists are disposed to exert a corrective force on public-health research. They hold accurate politically-charged beliefs about the sociopolitical forces shaping both science and health, and they are committed to eradicating distorting forces. Thus, rather than quarantining politically-charged beliefs, we urge public-health scientists to sharpen their sociopolitical theories and normative commitments.

scholarly journals Utilizing asynchronous email interviews for health research: overview of benefits and drawbacks

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Amri ◽  
Christina Angelakis ◽  
Dilani Logan
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Data Quality ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Geographic Location ◽  
Public Health Research ◽  
Data Accuracy ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Face To Face

Abstract Objective Through collating observations from various studies and complementing these findings with one author’s study, a detailed overview of the benefits and drawbacks of asynchronous email interviewing is provided. Through this overview, it is evident there is great potential for asynchronous email interviews in the broad field of health, particularly for studies drawing on expertise from participants in academia or professional settings, those across varied geographical settings (i.e. potential for global public health research), and/or in circumstances when face-to-face interactions are not possible (e.g. COVID-19). Results Benefits of asynchronous email interviewing and additional considerations for researchers are discussed around: (i) access transcending geographic location and during restricted face-to-face communications; (ii) feasibility and cost; (iii) sampling and inclusion of diverse participants; (iv) facilitating snowball sampling and increased transparency; (v) data collection with working professionals; (vi) anonymity; (vii) verification of participants; (viii) data quality and enhanced data accuracy; and (ix) overcoming language barriers. Similarly, potential drawbacks of asynchronous email interviews are also discussed with suggested remedies, which centre around: (i) time; (ii) participant verification and confidentiality; (iii) technology and sampling concerns; (iv) data quality and availability; and (v) need for enhanced clarity and precision.

scholarly journals Reporting the methods used in public health research and practice

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 89-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna F. Stroup ◽  
C. Kay Smith ◽  
Benedict I. Truman
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Public Health Research ◽  
Research And Practice

scholarly journals Strategies for public health research in European Union countries

2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (suppl 2) ◽  
pp. 35-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivier Grimaud ◽  
Mark McCarthy ◽  
Claudia Conceição
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
European Union ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Public Health Research ◽  
European Union Countries
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