Reconfiguring global primary care evidence: The essential role of regional journals

South African Family Practice

 
 
Field Value
 
Title Reconfiguring global primary care evidence: The essential role of regional journals
 
Creator Prasad, Shailendra von Pressentin, Klaus B. Birkland, Bassim Prasad, Ramakrishna Johnston, Esther M. Garcia-Huidobro, Diego
 
Subject Family Medicine; Primary care; Primary care research primary care research; regional journals; epistemic justice; health systems; global primary care
Description Primary care research (PCR) strengthens health systems and informs policy, but is dominated by high-income country (HIC) institutions and authors creating epistemic injustice by marginalising local knowledge from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and reinforcing structural inequities. Regional journals are vital for providing accessible, relevant evidence by lowering publishing barriers, supporting emerging researchers, enabling multilingual dissemination, and creating practice-focused knowledge for local health systems. Strengthening regional publishing is essential for a diverse, equitable global evidence base that improves the relevance, impact, and fairness of global PCR.Contribution: This article advances primary care scholarship by invoking epistemic justice and emphasising regional journals as vital for equitable knowledge. It references journals such as South African Family Practice, which celebrates 45 years of local research and mentorship. It links representation, research, and publishing, critiques citation metrics, and offers strategies to improve regional journals and promote justice in global primary care evidence.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor None
Date 2026-03-18
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Opinion piece
Format text/html application/epub+zip text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/safp.v68i2.6297
 
Source South African Family Practice; Vol 68, No 2 (2026); 5 pages 2078-6204 2078-6190
 
Language eng
 
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