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Open access · Volume 1 forthcoming

Diverse ways of knowing and doing health research

A student-led journal for work that moves between research paradigms — and reflects on where it stands.

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Cover artwork by Pilar Robinson Gonzalez

About the journal

Health Inquiries is an open-access, student-led journal that aims to advance interdisciplinary discourse about diverse ways of knowing and doing health research.

It allows for the navigation of multiple research paradigms, critical reflection on one’s epistemological position, and engagement in pluralistic, transformative approaches to health research. It is managed and populated by PhD Health students and PhD Health faculty member, Dr. Shanon Phelan.

Multiple paradigmsWork that navigates more than one way of framing a health question, and says which one it is standing in.
Critical reflectionAuthors situating themselves — their position, their assumptions, and what those make visible or hide.
Written, audio, videoSubmissions in whatever form the inquiry actually calls for. Not every finding is a paragraph.
Two-stagePeer review — a classmate, then the course instructor
One issuePublished each year
OpenFree to read, Creative Commons licensed