Patterns of authorship on community health workers in low-and-middle-income countries: an analysis of publications (2012–2016)

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dc.contributor.authorSchneider, Helen
dc.contributor.authorMaleka, Nelisiwe
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-16T07:17:15Z
dc.date.available2018-05-16T07:17:15Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractINTRODUCTION Studies of authorship provide a barometer of local research capacity and ownership of research, considered key to defining appropriate research priorities, developing contextualised responses to health problems and ensuring that research informs policy and practice. This paper reports on an analysis of patterns of research authorship of the now substantial literature on community health workers (CHWs) in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs) for the 5-year period: 2012–2016. METHODS A search of five databases identified a total of 649 indexed publications reporting on CHWs in LMICs and meeting the inclusion criteria. The country, region and income classification of studies, affiliations (country, organisation) of lead (first) and last authors, proportions of all authors locally affiliated, programme area (eg, maternal child health) and funding source were extracted. RESULTS The 649 papers reported experiences from 51 countries, 55% from middle-income countries (MICs) and 32% from low-income countries (LICs), with the remaining 13% multicountry studies. Overall, 47% and 54% of all the papers had a high-income country (HIC) lead and last author, respectively. Authorship followed three patterns: (1) a concentrated HIC pattern, with US-based authors numerically dominating LIC-based and multicountry studies; (2) an MIC pattern of autonomy, with a handful of countries—India, South Africa and Brazil, in particular— leading >70% of their CHW publications and (3) a pattern of unevenness among LICs in their lead authorship of publications varying from 14% (Malawi) to 54% (Uganda). Region, programme area and funding source were all associated with the distribution of authorship across country income categories. CONCLUSION The findings in this analysis mirror closely that of other authorship studies in global health. Collectively these provide a common message—that investments in global health programmes in the Millennium Development Goal era may have benefited health but not necessarily capacity for knowledge generation in LMICs.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSchneider, H. & Maleka, N. (2018). Patterns of authorship on community health workers in low-and middle-income countries: an analysis of publications (2012–2016). BMJ Glob Health, 3: e000797.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2059-7908
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ bmjgh-2018-000797
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/3675
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherBMJ Publishing Groupen_US
dc.rightsOpen Access This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http:// creativecommons. org/ licenses/ by- nc/ 4. 0/
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectStudies of authorshipen_US
dc.subjectPolicy and practiceen_US
dc.subjectCommunity health workersen_US
dc.subjectLow-and-middle-income countries (LMICs)en_US
dc.titlePatterns of authorship on community health workers in low-and-middle-income countries: an analysis of publications (2012–2016)en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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