title: Right from primary school, I liked science: understanding health research capacity building in sub-Saharan Africa through Kenyan training experiences.
abstract: Defining research career paths that enable Africans to address local and global health issues is essential for population health. This study was conducted to better understand how international health training programs contribute to human resource capacity building in health research. Research career motivations, decision-making and experiences were explored among a small group of Kenyan HIV/AIDS researchers who had completed an international training program. We found that intersecting social dynamics within specific geographic spaces influenced individual training decision-making and motivated research career decisions over time. The concept that 'geo-social motivation' is an important determinant of success for an African considering a research career developed from this study, and may be used to tailor future health research human resource capacity-building programs.
authors.affiliation: 1. Department of Global Health, University of Washington, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Daniels
authors.affiliation: 2. Department of Pediatrics, University of Nairobi, Kenya.
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nduati
authors.affiliation: 3. Departments of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Global Health, University of Washington, USA.
authors.forename: Carey
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Farquhar
mesh_terms: D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D057191:Capacity Building; D002321:Career Choice; D014943:Global Health; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D038622:Internationality; D007630:Kenya; D009042:Motivation; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology
keywords: East Africa; HIV/AIDS; research capacity building; training program evaluation