WHI homepage
WHI is an open access collaborative forum for anyone working in global health and using cross-disciplinary research methods. We aim to provide a space to facilitate learning, dialogue, share new resources and reflect on practice on the When Where Why How and If of Health Interventions.
We want the content on the website to be useful and relevant. We would love to hear any thoughts or suggestions about the site so please feel free to get in touch. This page gives you a little bit of detail about our purpose and what you will find on the site.
The overall purpose of the WHI site is to:
- Connect researchers using a range of cross-disciplinary methods to study Global health
- Provide quality training materials and resources to provide support to researchers to use these methods:
- Quantitative methods, qualitative and ethnographic methods, participatory and Human-Centered methods, systematic reviews, case studies, mixed methods, Realist reviews, Theory of Change and much more
- Facilitate real-time discussion forums
- The website is part of the Global Health Network and was developed by Eleanor MacPherson, Sally Theobald, Sassy Molyneux and Mike Parker. The intension of the website is to be fully open access and participatory, to allow users to shape content and focus discussion.
Background to this site:
In the past three decades, cross-disciplinary approaches have taken a more prominent role within global health research. They offer opportunities to better understand complex phenomena, relationships, systems and interventions. When combined, cross-disciplinary methods can generate compelling evidence from a range of perspectives to support health policy. Cross-disciplinary research in Global Health often requires an understanding of a wide range of methodological approaches and their philosophical foundations
The key areas on the site:
- Training materials for conducting cross-disciplinary research. These training materials have been developed by researchers and include case studies of practice, and audio and video materials.
- The website also draws together existing resources on conducting quantitative, qualitative and participatory research. These resources have been identified from the academic and grey literature and include empirical and methodological research
- Dedicated online discussion space to allow researchers to share ideas, reflect on practice and develop collaborations