1. Vision for a global registry of anticipated public health studies
- Author
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Pekka Puska, Ligia de Salazar, Marsha Marsh, Alain D M G Vaillancourt, Suzanne C. Ho, Jennifer S. Mindell, Tikki Pang, Shun Zhang Yu, Zuo-Feng Zhang, Lawrence W. Svenson, John Frank, Lawrence W. Green, Bernard C K Choi, Ali H. Mokdad, Gregory Sherman, Peter Sainsbury, Juan C. Zevallos, Sandhi Maria Barreto, Yongping Yan, M. Cristina Lindner, Anna Orlova, Harvey A. Skinner, and Vivian Lin
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Biomedical Research ,Process (engineering) ,business.industry ,Public health ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Publication bias ,Public relations ,Global Health ,Toward a Prepared Future for Public Health ,medicine ,Humans ,Tracking (education) ,Public Health ,Registries ,business - Abstract
In public health, the generation, management, and transfer of knowledge all need major improvement. Problems in generating knowledge include an imbalance in research funding, publication bias, unnecessary studies, adherence to fashion, and undue interest in novel and immediate issues. Impaired generation of knowledge, combined with a dated and inadequate process for managing knowledge and an inefficient system for transferring knowledge, mean a distorted body of evidence available for decisionmaking in public health. This article hopes to stimulate discussion by proposing a Global Registry of Anticipated Public Health Studies. This prospective, comprehensive system for tracking research in public health could help enhance collaboration and improve efficiency. Practical problems must be discussed before such a vision can be further developed.
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- 2007