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To map social science TB research, in a process that includes identifying who we are and what we do, as a foundation upon which to reflect on gaps and draw inspiration.
To connect social science researchers, advocates and learners and facilitate exchanges of ideas, collaboration and integration of efforts.
To create a demand for social science evidence in TB research, policy and interventions, and develop an agenda on how gaps in TB elimination efforts may be addressed through meaningful investment into social science research and innovation.
To stimulate new thinking around social science TB work, and enhance the breadth and quality of such inquiry.
To support interdisciplinarity, that is, linkages within social science disciplines as well as connection to non-social science work.
To support intersectionality, that is, use TB as a case for broader social science inquiry (into inequity, neoliberalism, quality of care, cultural rights, antimicrobial resistance to name a few).
To support methodological innovation and operationalize such innovation in TB to critically address other health and social problems.
To engage community stakeholders, heighten patient voice and advocacy efforts, and problematize dominant narratives (patient centered care, antimicrobial stewardship to name a few)
To curate and synthesize social science evidence.
To mobilize action by translating social science evidence into the basis of TB interventions, moving from local to national to global.
To create teaching, training and mentorship opportunities for persons interested in social science TB research, and build exposure to non-traditional methods of social science inquiry.
To market the diversity of social science TB research and the impacts achieved to date, and work towards developing (new) collective outputs that can have synergistic impacts.

We look forward to sharing further updates as we work towards fulfilling this vision. ^†Alice Zwerling, University of Ottawa, Canada; Amrita Daftary, York University, Canada and Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa, South Africa; Andrew McDowell, Tulane University, USA; Angela Kelly-Hanku, University of New South Wales, Australia; Blessina Kumar, The Global Coalition of TB Activists, India; Eleanor Ochodo, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya and Stellenbosch University, South Africa; Ellen Mitchell, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium; Ernesto Jaramillo, World Health Organization, Geneva; Faiz Ahmad Khan, McGill International TB Centre, Canada (off line); Gill Craig, City, University of London, UK; Helen Macdonald, University of Cape Town, South Africa; Ian Harper, University of Edinburgh, UK; Janina Kehr, University of Vienna, Austria; Jennifer Furin, Harvard University, USA (off line); Jens Seeberg, Aarhus University, Denmark; Jeremiah Chikovore, Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa; Jintana Ngamvithayapong-Yanai, TB HIV Research Foundation, Thailand; Jonathan Stillo, Wayne State University, USA, TB Europe Coalition, Belgium and Global TB Community / TB Online; Justin Dixon, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK; Madhukar Pai, McGill International TB Centre, Canada (off line); Mike Frick, Treatment Action Group, USA; Nora Engel, Maastricht University, Netherlands; Petros Isaakidis, Médecins sans Frontières, South Africa (off line); Philipp du Cros, Burnet Institute, Australia; Sachin Atre, Independent, India; Salmaan Keshavjee, Harvard University, USA; Saurabh Rane, Survivors Without TB, India; Umberto Pellecchia, Médecins sans Frontières, Belgium; Yuliya Chorna, Independent, Ukraine and Canada. [post_title] => Launching SSHIFTB on World TB Day 2021 [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => launching-sshiftb-on-world-tb-day-2021 [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2021-03-29 20:54:21 [post_modified_gmt] => 2021-03-30 00:54:21 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://sshiftb.org/?post_type=updates&p=1436 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => updates [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [1] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 1424 [post_author] => 5 [post_date] => 2021-03-24 01:11:47 [post_date_gmt] => 2021-03-24 05:11:47 [post_content] => In commemoration of World TB Day March 24th, 2021, the International Journal of Infectious Diseases is publishing a specific TB Theme issue of 18 articles covering a range of topics. The editorial is available here. Stay tuned for a link to the full set of papers. [post_title] => Special Issue for World TB Day 2021 by the Int J Infect Dis [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => special-issue-for-world-tb-day-2021-by-the-int-j-infect-dis [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2021-03-24 01:15:15 [post_modified_gmt] => 2021-03-24 05:15:15 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://sshiftb.org/?post_type=updates&p=1424 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => updates [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [2] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 1152 [post_author] => 4 [post_date] => 2021-02-17 14:25:28 [post_date_gmt] => 2021-02-17 19:25:28 [post_content] => Register today: http://mcgill-idgh.ca/registration-information/ A course focused on the principles and rigorous application of qualitative methods in formative, operational, evaluation and policy research in infectious disease in diverse global settings.

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Qualitative methods can assess the social and behavioural contexts, and the complex determinants, impacts and outcomes of illness and disease control efforts, including public health programs, policies, and technologies. There is growing interest to integrate qualitative methods into traditional operational and biomedical research to understand challenges to healthcare seeking behaviour and healthcare service delivery, and to better understand how and why some interventions and technologies are successfully (or less successfully) implemented and utilized. This course will build participants’ research literacy to use qualitative methods to inform, innovate, contextualize, evaluate, and strengthen the delivery and utilization of healthcare services and technologies for infectious diseases (e.g., tuberculosis, HIV) in lower-and middle-income settings. The course utilizes case studies and practical exercises to engage learners in the following topics in qualitative research:

Study designs and methodologies
Theoretical frameworks
Focus groups, observation and interviews: designs, skills and implementation
Approaches and methods for analysis
Multiple methods: integrating and sequencing qualitative and quantitative methods
Sampling and participant recruitment
Data management and storage
Ethics and evaluation criteria
Dissemination

The course includes didactic expert lectures on qualitative study design, implementation, analysis, and dissemination, interactive group exercises to apply and practice the lessons learned, as well as short topical presentations and/or panel discussions. The 2021 virtual course will have synchronous (live) and asynchronous sessions. [post_title] => Qualitative Methods Postgraduate Course [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => qualitative-methods-postgraduate-course [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2021-03-25 13:12:14 [post_modified_gmt] => 2021-03-25 17:12:14 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => http://sshiftb.org/?post_type=updates&p=1152 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => updates [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) ) [post_count] => 3 [current_post] => -1 [in_the_loop] => [post] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 1436 [post_author] => 5 [post_date] => 2021-03-24 23:03:29 [post_date_gmt] => 2021-03-25 03:03:29 [post_content] => SSHIFTB had its foundational meeting on March 12, 2021, bringing together 25+ TB scholars and advocates from 15+ countries to inaugurate a virtual centre focussed on social science TB research.^† The mission of the centre is to enhance the visibility and impact of social science research and innovation in TB. We leverage World TB Day 2021 to officially launch our network, and situate ourselves in the broader TB community. The social sciences has few boundaries, and there already exist a multitude of organizations and centres undertaking tremendous impactful work in TB, some of which represents or naturally aligns with the social sciences. To distinguish SSHIFTB, create focus and add value for both a visitor and a contributor to the community, we resort to the traditional definition of social science research – that which borrows on the disciplines of anthropology, economics, geography, history, law, linguistics, philosophy, politics, psychology, and sociology, and its various sub-specialties. Further, while we borrow on, connect to and seek to inform other spheres of relevance such as TB advocacy, policy, programming and practice, the centre is primarily a space to host research-oriented thinking and action. The centre will function as a community of practice, dispensing away with geographic and institutional boundaries that could fragment the work we do. To create community, where we all feel a sense of belonging, meaningful solicitation and inclusion of all our voices is seen to be crucial. We accordingly present some of the ideas that were inspired by our first meeting below, as we develop a shared vision about the centre’s goals and potential outputs, and widen our reach to invite others to join. These ideas are based on our understandings of ongoing efforts in support of TB elimination – which we seek not to duplicate but complement – and a mindfulness to our resource base and various other commitments. They are:

To map social science TB research, in a process that includes identifying who we are and what we do, as a foundation upon which to reflect on gaps and draw inspiration.
To connect social science researchers, advocates and learners and facilitate exchanges of ideas, collaboration and integration of efforts.
To create a demand for social science evidence in TB research, policy and interventions, and develop an agenda on how gaps in TB elimination efforts may be addressed through meaningful investment into social science research and innovation.
To stimulate new thinking around social science TB work, and enhance the breadth and quality of such inquiry.
To support interdisciplinarity, that is, linkages within social science disciplines as well as connection to non-social science work.
To support intersectionality, that is, use TB as a case for broader social science inquiry (into inequity, neoliberalism, quality of care, cultural rights, antimicrobial resistance to name a few).
To support methodological innovation and operationalize such innovation in TB to critically address other health and social problems.
To engage community stakeholders, heighten patient voice and advocacy efforts, and problematize dominant narratives (patient centered care, antimicrobial stewardship to name a few)
To curate and synthesize social science evidence.
To mobilize action by translating social science evidence into the basis of TB interventions, moving from local to national to global.
To create teaching, training and mentorship opportunities for persons interested in social science TB research, and build exposure to non-traditional methods of social science inquiry.
To market the diversity of social science TB research and the impacts achieved to date, and work towards developing (new) collective outputs that can have synergistic impacts.

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March 24 2021

Launching SSHIFTB on World TB Day 2021

SSHIFTB had its foundational meeting on March 12, 2021, bringing together 25+ TB scholars and advocates from 15+ countries to inaugurate a virtual centre focussed on social science TB research.† The mission of [ ... ]

March 24 2021

Special Issue for World TB Day 2021 by the Int J Infect Dis

In commemoration of World TB Day March 24th, 2021, the International Journal of Infectious Diseases is publishing a specific TB Theme issue of 18 articles covering a range of topics. The editorial is [ ... ]

May 31, 21 8:00 am

Qualitative Methods Postgraduate Course Posted on February 17 2021

Register today: http://mcgill-idgh.ca/registration-information/ A course focused on the principles and rigorous application of qualitative methods in formative, operational, evaluation and policy research in infectious [ ... ]

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