Open AccessInterdisciplinary Research in Public Health: Not quite straightforward
Author(s) -
Edwin van Teijlingen,
Pramod R Regmi,
Pratik Adhikary,
Nirmal Aryal,
Padam Simkhada
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
health prospect
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2091-203X
pISSN - 2091-2021
DOI - 10.3126/hprospect.v18i1.19337
Subject(s) - multidisciplinary approach , discipline , engineering ethics , popularity , field (mathematics) , public health , interdisciplinarity , work (physics) , sociology , management science , political science , social science , medicine , engineering , nursing , mechanical engineering , mathematics , law , pure mathematics
Over the past few years the practice of disciplines collaborating in interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary research has grown in popularity and not just in the health field. In a multi-faceted discipline such as Public Health, interdisciplinary approaches are a welcome addition to the research field. Interdisciplinary research can bring new insights and understanding across disciplinary boundaries. Novel interdisciplinary research can transcend disciplinary boundaries to address sophisticated and so-called wicked problems in society. However, there are potential difficulties arising from researchers trained in different individual disciplines attempting to work together. We have highlighted some of these issues which interdisciplinary research in Public Health needs to consider and, where necessary, address before they become barriers.