Building Oral Health Research Capacity in India: Identifying Barriers and Enablers Using Mixed Methods

M Masood; T Newton; O P Kharbanda; Y Masood; J Feine; M Gussy; S Lahti

doi:10.1177/2380084417691722

Building Oral Health Research Capacity in India: Identifying Barriers and Enablers Using Mixed Methods

JDR Clin Trans Res. 2017 Apr;2(2):106-108. doi: 10.1177/2380084417691722. Epub 2017 Feb 3.

Authors

M Masood^{1

2

3}, T Newton², O P Kharbanda⁴, Y Masood¹, J Feine⁵, M Gussy¹, S Lahti³

Affiliations

¹ 1 Department of Dentistry and Oral Health, La Trobe Rural Health School, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Australia.
² 2 Department of Psychology as Applied to Dentistry, Dental Institute, King's College London, UK.
³ 3 Department of Community Dentistry, University of Turku, Finland.
⁴ 4 Centre for Dental Education and Research, All India Institute of Dental Sciences, New Delhi, India.
⁵ 5 Oral Health and Society Division, Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Canada.

PMID: 30931775
DOI: 10.1177/2380084417691722

Abstract

Knowledge Transfer Statement: This article will provide a brief overview of the methods in finding barriers and enablers in doing oral health research in India. This mixed-methods approach can be used by researchers in finding barriers and enablers in doing oral health research in other developing countries and building oral health research capacities.

Keywords: International Association for Dental Research (IADR) grant; dental research; developing countries; qualitative research; quantitative research; sustainable research strengths.