Has Authorship in the Decolonizing Global Health Movement Been Colonized?
Background: Decolonization in global health is a recent movement aimed at relinquishing remnants of supremacist mindsets, inequitable structures, and power differentials in global health. Objective: To determine the author demographics of publications on decolonizing global health and global health...
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| author | Chris A. Rees Gouri Rajesh Hussein K. Manji Catherine Shari Rodrick Kisenge Elizabeth M. Keating Ikechukwu U. Ogbuanu Kitiezo Aggrey Igunza Richard Omore Karim P. Manji |
| author_facet | Chris A. Rees Gouri Rajesh Hussein K. Manji Catherine Shari Rodrick Kisenge Elizabeth M. Keating Ikechukwu U. Ogbuanu Kitiezo Aggrey Igunza Richard Omore Karim P. Manji |
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| description | Background: Decolonization in global health is a recent movement aimed at relinquishing remnants of supremacist mindsets, inequitable structures, and power differentials in global health. Objective: To determine the author demographics of publications on decolonizing global health and global health partnerships between low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and high-income countries (HICs). Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of publications related to decolonizing global health and global health partnerships from the inception of the selected journal databases (i.e., Medline, CAB Global Health, EMBASE, CINAHL, and Web of Science) to November 14, 2022. Author country affiliations were assigned as listed in each publication. Author gender was assigned using author first name and the software genderize.io. Descriptive statistics were used for author country income bracket, gender, and distribution. Findings: Among 197 publications on decolonizing global health and global health partnerships, there were 691 total authors (median 2 authors per publication, interquartile range 1, 4). Publications with author bylines comprised exclusively of authors affiliated with HICs were most common (70.0%, n = 138) followed by those with authors affiliated both with HICs and LMICs (22.3%, n = 44). Only 7.6% (n = 15) of publications had author bylines comprised exclusively of authors affiliated with LMICs. Over half (54.0%, n = 373) of the included authors had names that were female and female authors affiliated with HICs most commonly occupied first author positions (51.8%, n = 102). Conclusions: Authors in publications on decolonizing global health and global health partnerships have largely been comprised of individuals affiliated with HICs. There was a marked paucity of publications with authors affiliated with LMICs, whose voices provide context and crucial insight into the needs of the decolonizing global health movement. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ac4c955ae7e34cb89dbe826d1f6d29392023-07-18T07:49:52ZengUbiquity PressAnnals of Global Health2214-99962023-06-01891424210.5334/aogh.41464146Has Authorship in the Decolonizing Global Health Movement Been Colonized?Chris A. Rees0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6449-0377Gouri Rajesh1Hussein K. Manji2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4572-0338Catherine Shari3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7526-8576Rodrick Kisenge4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3273-8136Elizabeth M. Keating5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5263-6612Ikechukwu U. Ogbuanu6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0670-6026Kitiezo Aggrey Igunza7https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5841-5431Richard Omore8https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3702-3030Karim P. Manji9https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7069-6408Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia; Department of Emergency Medicine, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GeorgiaUniversity of Georgia, Athens, GeorgiaDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam; Accident and Emergency Department, The Aga Khan Health ServicesEmergency Medicine Department, Muhimbili National Hospital-Mloganzila, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of TanzaniaDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es SalaamDivision of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UtahCrown Agents, FreetownKenya Medical Research Institute, Center for Global Health Research, (KEMRI-CGHR), KisumuKenya Medical Research Institute, Center for Global Health Research, (KEMRI-CGHR), KisumuDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es SalaamBackground: Decolonization in global health is a recent movement aimed at relinquishing remnants of supremacist mindsets, inequitable structures, and power differentials in global health. Objective: To determine the author demographics of publications on decolonizing global health and global health partnerships between low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and high-income countries (HICs). Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of publications related to decolonizing global health and global health partnerships from the inception of the selected journal databases (i.e., Medline, CAB Global Health, EMBASE, CINAHL, and Web of Science) to November 14, 2022. Author country affiliations were assigned as listed in each publication. Author gender was assigned using author first name and the software genderize.io. Descriptive statistics were used for author country income bracket, gender, and distribution. Findings: Among 197 publications on decolonizing global health and global health partnerships, there were 691 total authors (median 2 authors per publication, interquartile range 1, 4). Publications with author bylines comprised exclusively of authors affiliated with HICs were most common (70.0%, n = 138) followed by those with authors affiliated both with HICs and LMICs (22.3%, n = 44). Only 7.6% (n = 15) of publications had author bylines comprised exclusively of authors affiliated with LMICs. Over half (54.0%, n = 373) of the included authors had names that were female and female authors affiliated with HICs most commonly occupied first author positions (51.8%, n = 102). Conclusions: Authors in publications on decolonizing global health and global health partnerships have largely been comprised of individuals affiliated with HICs. There was a marked paucity of publications with authors affiliated with LMICs, whose voices provide context and crucial insight into the needs of the decolonizing global health movement.https://account.annalsofglobalhealth.org/index.php/up-j-agh/article/view/4146decolonizationauthorshipglobal health partnerships |
| spellingShingle | Chris A. Rees Gouri Rajesh Hussein K. Manji Catherine Shari Rodrick Kisenge Elizabeth M. Keating Ikechukwu U. Ogbuanu Kitiezo Aggrey Igunza Richard Omore Karim P. Manji Has Authorship in the Decolonizing Global Health Movement Been Colonized? Annals of Global Health decolonization authorship global health partnerships |
| title | Has Authorship in the Decolonizing Global Health Movement Been Colonized? |
| title_full | Has Authorship in the Decolonizing Global Health Movement Been Colonized? |
| title_fullStr | Has Authorship in the Decolonizing Global Health Movement Been Colonized? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Has Authorship in the Decolonizing Global Health Movement Been Colonized? |
| title_short | Has Authorship in the Decolonizing Global Health Movement Been Colonized? |
| title_sort | has authorship in the decolonizing global health movement been colonized |
| topic | decolonization authorship global health partnerships |
| url | https://account.annalsofglobalhealth.org/index.php/up-j-agh/article/view/4146 |
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