title: Considerations for preparing collaborative international research: a Ugandan experience.
abstract: This article describes issues to consider when planning and conducting international research projects. Key considerations include building collaboration, developing a comprehensive and feasible research plan, funding and budgets, addressing human subjects concerns, and analyzing and disseminating project findings. These considerations and related methodological issues are discussed in the context of a replication pilot project conducted outside Kampala, Uganda. Ongoing dialog, flexibility, and collaboration, in addition to good science, are critical to developing successful international research projects.
authors.affiliation: Frances Bayne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
authors.forename: Carol M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Musil
authors.forename: Jemimah
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mutabaazi
authors.forename: Mariam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Walusimbi
authors.forename: Jennifer G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Okonsky
authors.forename: Yedidah
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Biribonwa
authors.forename: Sabrina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eagan
authors.forename: Marguerite A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Dimarco
authors.forename: Speciosa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mbaballi
authors.forename: Joyce J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Fitzpatrick
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003906:Developing Countries; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D007391:International Cooperation; D020380:Needs Assessment; D033281:Nontherapeutic Human Experimentation; D010865:Pilot Projects; D010934:Planning Techniques; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards; D012109:Research Support as Topic; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards; D014175:Translating; D014454:Uganda; D014481:United States