Manderson L
Tropical Health Program, University of Queensland Medical School, Australia.
Soc Sci Med. 1994 Nov;39(9):1275-86. doi: 10.1016/0277-9536(94)90359-x.
Social science health research in Australia has undergone considerable expansion through government sponsorship of projects that complement or address issues related directly to policy and program concerns. In examining the rationale for supporting social science research, and the difficulties that social scientists often face in return in presenting their work in ways that might optimize funding, the paper first explores the paradigmatic tensions between social and biomedical scientists, that in turn influence funding decisions and potentially the receipt and uptake of social research. It also addresses the incorporation of the language and concepts of social science within policy documents, using 'ethnicity' as an exemplar of this. The paper then documents and analyses federal targeted-funding programs for health research, and the measures taken to encourage policy-relevant research. In particular, the paper discusses the funding programs that operate for drug and alcohol use and HIV/AIDS.
澳大利亚的社会科学健康研究通过政府对项目的资助得到了显著扩展，这些项目补充或解决了与政策和项目关注点直接相关的问题。在审视支持社会科学研究的基本原理以及社会科学家在以可能优化资金的方式展示其工作时经常面临的困难时，本文首先探讨了社会科学家与生物医学科学家之间的范式紧张关系，这种紧张关系反过来又会影响资金决策，并可能影响社会研究的接受和应用。本文还以“种族”为例，论述了政策文件中社会科学语言和概念的纳入情况。接着，本文记录并分析了联邦针对健康研究的定向资助项目以及为鼓励与政策相关的研究而采取的措施。特别是，本文讨论了针对药物和酒精使用以及艾滋病毒/艾滋病的资助项目。
