Department of Biobehavioral Health, Penn State University, 315 HHD East Building, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA.
Glob Health Promot. 2011 Jun;18(2):27-35. doi: 10.1177/1757975911404745.
Research capacity building engenders assets that allow communities (and, in this case, student fellows) to respond adequately to health issues and problems that are contextual, cultural and historical in nature. In this paper, we present a US-South African partnership that led to research training for 30 postgraduate students at two South African universities. We begin by exploring the nature of research capacity building in a partnership research project designed to promote HIV and AIDS-related stigma reduction. We examine methodological issues and their relevance to training of postgraduate students in South Africa. We conclude with recommendations for a successful model of partnership for building capacity of health researchers in Africa with the goal of developing research that informs policies and helps to bridge the health inequity gap globally.
研究能力建设产生了资产，使社区（在这种情况下，是学生研究员）能够充分应对具有背景、文化和历史性质的健康问题。本文介绍了一个美-南非合作关系，该关系为两所南非大学的 30 名研究生提供了研究培训。我们首先探讨了在一个旨在促进艾滋病毒和艾滋病相关污名化减少的合作研究项目中进行研究能力建设的性质。我们研究了方法问题及其与南非研究生培训的相关性。最后，我们提出了建立非洲卫生研究人员能力的合作伙伴关系的成功模式的建议，目的是开展研究，为政策提供信息，并帮助缩小全球健康不平等差距。
