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Beech BM, Calles-Escandon J, Hairston KG, Langdon MSE, Latham-Sadler BA, Bell RA, 2013. Mentoring programs for underrepresented minority faculty in academic medical centers: a systematic review of the literature. Acad Med 88: 541–549.
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Cole DC, Johnson N, Mejia R, McCullough H, Turcotte-Tremblay A-M, Barnoya J, Falabella Luco S, 2016. Mentoring health researchers globally: diverse experiences, programmes, challenges and responses. Glob Public Health 11: 1093–1108.
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Katz F, Glass RI, 2019. Mentorship training is essential to advancing global health research. Am J Trop Med Hyg 100: 1.
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Hansoti B, Kalbarczyk A, Hosseinipour MC, Prabhakaran D, Tucker JD, Nachega J, Wallis L, Stiles JK, Wynn A, Morroni C, 2019. Global health mentoring toolkits: a scoping review relevant for low-and middle-income country institutions. Am J Trop Med Hyg 100: 48–53.
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Ssemata AS, Gladding S, John CC, Kiguli S, 2017. Developing mentorship in a resource-limited context: a qualitative research study of the experiences and perceptions of the makerere university student and faculty mentorship programme. BMC Med Educ 17: 123.
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Lescano AG, Cohen CR, Raj T, Rispel L, Garcia PJ, Zunt JR, Hamer DH, Heimburger DC, Chi BH, Ko AI, 2019. Strengthening mentoring in low-and middle-income countries to advance global health research: an overview. Am J Trop Med Hyg 100: 3–8.
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Abimbola S, Pai M, 2020. Will global health survive its decolonisation? Lancet 396: 1627–1628.
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Bennett S, Paina L, Ssengooba F, Waswa D, M’Imunya JM, 2013. Mentorship in African health research training programs: an exploratory study of Fogarty International Center Programs in Kenya and Uganda. Educ Health 26: 183.
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Tucker JD, Day S, Tang W, Bayus B, 2019. Crowdsourcing in medical research: concepts and applications. PeerJ 7: e6762.
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WHO/TDR/SIHI/SESH, 2018. Crowdsourcing in Health and Health Research: A Practical Guide. Geneva, Switzerland: WHO. Available at: https://www.who.int/tdr/publications/year/2018/crowdsourcing-practical-guide/en/.
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Wu D, Ong JJ, Tang W, Ritchwood TD, Walker JS, Iwelunmor J, Tucker JD, 1999. 2019. Crowdsourcing methods to enhance HIV and sexual health services: a scoping review and qualitative synthesis. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 82: S271–S278.
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Hildebrand M, Ahumada C, Watson S, 2013. CrowdOutAIDS: crowdsourcing youth perspectives for action. Reprod Health Matters 21: 57–68.
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Liu E, Iwelunmor J, Gabagaya G, Anyasi H, Leyton A, Goraleski KA, Wei S, Del Barrio MO, Olaleye A, Launois P, 2019. Women’s global health leadership in LMICs. Lancet Glob Health 7: e1172–e1173.
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Bao H, Salisbury K, Chi BH, Tucker JD, Tang W, 2020. Research mentorship crowdsourcing open call: toward global health good. Am J Trop Med Hyg 103: 1270–1273.
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Tahlil KM et al.2021. A designathon to co-create community-driven HIV self-testing services for Nigerian youth: findings from a participatory event. BMC Infect Dis 21: 505.
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Day S, Li C, Hlatshwako TG, Abu-Hijleh F, Han L, Deitelzweig C, Bayus B, Ramaswamy R, Tang W, Tucker JD, 2021. Assessment of a crowdsourcing open call for approaches to university community engagement and strategic planning during COVID-19. JAMA Netw Open 4: e2110090–e2110090.
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SESH Global , 2021. About Us. Available at: https://www.seshglobal.org/. Accessed May 17, 2021.
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Global TRD, 2021. About Us. Available at: https://www.who.int/tdr/partnerships/tdr-global/en/. Accessed May 17, 2021.
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Mathews A, Farley S, Blumberg M, Knight K, Hightow-Weidman L, Muessig K, Rennie S, Tucker J, 2017. HIV cure research community engagement in North Carolina: a mixed-methods evaluation of a crowdsourcing open call. J Virus Erad 3: 2.
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Oluchina S, Gitonga LK, 2016. Factors hindering formal and informal nursing mentorship programs in Kenyan public universities. Am J Health Res 4: 23–29.
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Schwerdtle P, Morphet J, Hall H, 2017. A scoping review of mentorship of health personnel to improve the quality of healthcare in low and middle-income countries. Global Health 13: 77.
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Ozili P, 2020. COVID-19 in Africa: socio-economic impact, policy response and opportunities. Int J Sociol Soc Pol (Epub ahead of print), 1–34. Available at: https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/103316/1/MPRA_paper_103316.pdf.
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Singh J, Singh J, 2020. COVID-19 and its impact on society. Electron Res J Soc Sci and Humanit 2: 168–172.
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Prasad S, Sopdie E, Meya D, Kalbarczyk A, Garcia PJ, 2019. Conceptual framework of mentoring in low-and middle-income countries to advance global health. Am J Trop Med Hyg 100: 9–14.
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Bastawrous A, Armstrong MJ, 2013. Mobile health use in low-and high-income countries: an overview of the peer-reviewed literature. J R Soc Med 106: 130–142.
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Your Digital Mentor Podcast , 2020. Available at: https://coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/our-events/your-digital-mentor-podcast/. Accessed May 17, 2021.
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Nakanjako D, Katamba A, Kaye DK, Okello E, Kamya MR, Sewankambo N, Mayanja-Kizza H, 2014. Doctoral training in Uganda: evaluation of mentoring best practices at Makerere university college of health sciences. BMC Med Educ 14: 9.
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Wu D, Ong JJ, Tang W, Ritchwood TD, Walker JS, Iwelunmor J, Tucker JD, 1999. Crowdsourcing methods to enhance HIV and sexual health services: a scoping review and qualitative synthesis. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 82: S271–S278.
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A Global Crowdsourcing Open Call to Improve Research Mentorship in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Mixed Methods Analysis
Emmanuela Oppong
Emmanuela Oppong
University of North Carolina Project-China, Guangzhou, China;
Union College, New York;
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Huanyu Bao
Huanyu Bao
University of North Carolina Project-China, Guangzhou, China;
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore;
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Weiming Tang
Weiming Tang
University of North Carolina Project-China, Guangzhou, China;
Dermatology Hospital of South Medical University, Guangzhou, China;
Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina;
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Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina;
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María I. Echavarria Mejia
María I. Echavarria Mejia
Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas CIDEIM, Cali, Colombia;
Universidad Icesi, Cali, Colombia;
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Franklin Glozah
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Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana;
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Akwa Ibom State Government, Uyo, Nigeria;
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Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom;
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Ezra Valido
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Universitas Gadjah Mada, Center for Tropical Medicine, Yogyakarta, Indonesia;
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Joseph D. Tucker
Joseph D. Tucker
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Dermatology Hospital of South Medical University, Guangzhou, China;
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ABSTRACT.
Research mentoring programs are limited in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The TDR Global initiated a global crowdsourcing open call soliciting proposals on how to improve research mentorship in LMICs. The purpose of this study is to examine ideas submitted to this open call to identify the ways to improve research mentorship in LMICs. Open calls have a group of individuals solve all or part of a problem and then share solutions. A WHO/TDR/SESH crowdsourcing guide was used to structure the open call. Each submission was judged by three independent individuals on a 1–10 scale. Textual submissions were extracted from eligible proposals and qualitatively analyzed via inductive and deductive coding techniques to identify themes. The open call received 123 submissions from 40 countries in Asia (49), Africa (38), Latin America (26), and Europe (10). Among all participants, 108 (87%) had research experience. A total of 21 submissions received a mean score of 7/10 or higher. Our thematic analysis identified three overarching themes related to prementoring, facilitation, and evaluation. Prementoring establishes mentor–mentee compatibility to lay foundations for mentorship. Facilitation involves iterative cycles of planning, communication, and skill improvement. Evaluation creates commitment and accountability within a framework of monitoring. This global crowdsourcing open call generated numerous mentorship ideas, including LMIC-contextualized facilitation tools. The open call demonstrates a need for greater focus on mentorship. Our data may inform the development of formal and informal mentoring programs in LMIC settings.
Author Notes
These authors contributed equally to this manuscript.
Financial support: This study received support from the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) and the US NIH (NIAID K24AI143471).
Authors’ addresses: Emmanuela Oppong, University of North Carolina Project-China, Guangzhou, China, and Union College, NY, E-mail: emmanuelaoppong2015@gmail.com. Huanyu Bao, University of North Carolina Project-China, Guangzhou, China, and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore, E-mail: huanyu001@e.ntu.edu.sg. Weiming Tang, University of North Carolina Project-China, Guangzhou, China, Dermatology Hospital of South Medical University, Guangzhou, China, and Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, E-mail: weiming_tang@med.unc.edu. María I. Echavarria Mejia, Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas CIDEIM, Universidad Icesi, Cali, Colombia, E-mail: miechavarria@cideim.org.co. Franklin Glozah, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana, E-mail: fglozah@ug.edu.gh. Nsisong Asanga, Akwa Ibom State Government, Uyo, Nigeria, E-mail: nsisong.asanga@gmail.com. Christine J. Boinett, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom, E-mail: christine.boinett@sanger.ac.uk. Ana M. Aguilar, Institute of Health and Development Research, Universidad Mayor de San Adres, Plurinational State of Bolivia, E-mail: ana.aguilar@umsalud.edu.bo. Ezra Valido, Swiss Paraplegic Research, SCI Population Biobanking and Translational Medicine, Nottwil, Switzerland, E-mail: ezra.valido@gmail.com. Trisasi Lestari, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Center for Tropical Medicine, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, E-mail: trisasilestari@gmail.com. Joseph D. Tucker, University of North Carolina Project-China, Guangzhou, China, Dermatology Hospital of South Medical University, Guangzhou, China, Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, and Clinical Research Department, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, E-mail: jdtucker@med.unc.edu.
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1.
Beech BM, Calles-Escandon J, Hairston KG, Langdon MSE, Latham-Sadler BA, Bell RA, 2013. Mentoring programs for underrepresented minority faculty in academic medical centers: a systematic review of the literature. Acad Med 88: 541–549.
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2.
Cole DC, Johnson N, Mejia R, McCullough H, Turcotte-Tremblay A-M, Barnoya J, Falabella Luco S, 2016. Mentoring health researchers globally: diverse experiences, programmes, challenges and responses. Glob Public Health 11: 1093–1108.
-
3.
Katz F, Glass RI, 2019. Mentorship training is essential to advancing global health research. Am J Trop Med Hyg 100: 1.
-
4.
Hansoti B, Kalbarczyk A, Hosseinipour MC, Prabhakaran D, Tucker JD, Nachega J, Wallis L, Stiles JK, Wynn A, Morroni C, 2019. Global health mentoring toolkits: a scoping review relevant for low-and middle-income country institutions. Am J Trop Med Hyg 100: 48–53.
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5.
Ssemata AS, Gladding S, John CC, Kiguli S, 2017. Developing mentorship in a resource-limited context: a qualitative research study of the experiences and perceptions of the makerere university student and faculty mentorship programme. BMC Med Educ 17: 123.
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6.
Lescano AG, Cohen CR, Raj T, Rispel L, Garcia PJ, Zunt JR, Hamer DH, Heimburger DC, Chi BH, Ko AI, 2019. Strengthening mentoring in low-and middle-income countries to advance global health research: an overview. Am J Trop Med Hyg 100: 3–8.
-
7.
Abimbola S, Pai M, 2020. Will global health survive its decolonisation? Lancet 396: 1627–1628.
-
8.
Bennett S, Paina L, Ssengooba F, Waswa D, M’Imunya JM, 2013. Mentorship in African health research training programs: an exploratory study of Fogarty International Center Programs in Kenya and Uganda. Educ Health 26: 183.
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9.
Tucker JD, Day S, Tang W, Bayus B, 2019. Crowdsourcing in medical research: concepts and applications. PeerJ 7: e6762.
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10.
WHO/TDR/SIHI/SESH, 2018. Crowdsourcing in Health and Health Research: A Practical Guide. Geneva, Switzerland: WHO. Available at: https://www.who.int/tdr/publications/year/2018/crowdsourcing-practical-guide/en/.
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11.
Wu D, Ong JJ, Tang W, Ritchwood TD, Walker JS, Iwelunmor J, Tucker JD, 1999. 2019. Crowdsourcing methods to enhance HIV and sexual health services: a scoping review and qualitative synthesis. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 82: S271–S278.
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12.
Hildebrand M, Ahumada C, Watson S, 2013. CrowdOutAIDS: crowdsourcing youth perspectives for action. Reprod Health Matters 21: 57–68.
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13.
Liu E, Iwelunmor J, Gabagaya G, Anyasi H, Leyton A, Goraleski KA, Wei S, Del Barrio MO, Olaleye A, Launois P, 2019. Women’s global health leadership in LMICs. Lancet Glob Health 7: e1172–e1173.
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14.
Bao H, Salisbury K, Chi BH, Tucker JD, Tang W, 2020. Research mentorship crowdsourcing open call: toward global health good. Am J Trop Med Hyg 103: 1270–1273.
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15.
Tahlil KM et al.2021. A designathon to co-create community-driven HIV self-testing services for Nigerian youth: findings from a participatory event. BMC Infect Dis 21: 505.
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16.
Day S, Li C, Hlatshwako TG, Abu-Hijleh F, Han L, Deitelzweig C, Bayus B, Ramaswamy R, Tang W, Tucker JD, 2021. Assessment of a crowdsourcing open call for approaches to university community engagement and strategic planning during COVID-19. JAMA Netw Open 4: e2110090–e2110090.
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SESH Global , 2021. About Us. Available at: https://www.seshglobal.org/. Accessed May 17, 2021.
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18.
Global TRD, 2021. About Us. Available at: https://www.who.int/tdr/partnerships/tdr-global/en/. Accessed May 17, 2021.
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19.
Mathews A, Farley S, Blumberg M, Knight K, Hightow-Weidman L, Muessig K, Rennie S, Tucker J, 2017. HIV cure research community engagement in North Carolina: a mixed-methods evaluation of a crowdsourcing open call. J Virus Erad 3: 2.
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20.
Oluchina S, Gitonga LK, 2016. Factors hindering formal and informal nursing mentorship programs in Kenyan public universities. Am J Health Res 4: 23–29.
-
21.
Schwerdtle P, Morphet J, Hall H, 2017. A scoping review of mentorship of health personnel to improve the quality of healthcare in low and middle-income countries. Global Health 13: 77.
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22.
Ozili P, 2020. COVID-19 in Africa: socio-economic impact, policy response and opportunities. Int J Sociol Soc Pol (Epub ahead of print), 1–34. Available at: https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/103316/1/MPRA_paper_103316.pdf.
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23.
Singh J, Singh J, 2020. COVID-19 and its impact on society. Electron Res J Soc Sci and Humanit 2: 168–172.
-
24.
Prasad S, Sopdie E, Meya D, Kalbarczyk A, Garcia PJ, 2019. Conceptual framework of mentoring in low-and middle-income countries to advance global health. Am J Trop Med Hyg 100: 9–14.
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25.
Bastawrous A, Armstrong MJ, 2013. Mobile health use in low-and high-income countries: an overview of the peer-reviewed literature. J R Soc Med 106: 130–142.
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26.
Your Digital Mentor Podcast , 2020. Available at: https://coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/our-events/your-digital-mentor-podcast/. Accessed May 17, 2021.
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27.
Nakanjako D, Katamba A, Kaye DK, Okello E, Kamya MR, Sewankambo N, Mayanja-Kizza H, 2014. Doctoral training in Uganda: evaluation of mentoring best practices at Makerere university college of health sciences. BMC Med Educ 14: 9.
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28.
Wu D, Ong JJ, Tang W, Ritchwood TD, Walker JS, Iwelunmor J, Tucker JD, 1999. Crowdsourcing methods to enhance HIV and sexual health services: a scoping review and qualitative synthesis. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 82: S271–S278.
| Past two years | Past Year | Past 30 Days | |
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| Abstract Views | 829 | 236 | 23 |
| Full Text Views | 79 | 41 | 2 |
| PDF Downloads | 80 | 32 | 2 |