TY - JOUR
T1 - Vision for a global registry of anticipated public health studies.
AU - Choi, Bernard C.K.
AU - Frank, John
AU - Mindell, Jennifer S.
AU - Orlova, Anna
AU - Lin, Vivian
AU - Vaillancourt, Alain D.M.G.
AU - Puska, Pekka
AU - Pang, Tikki
AU - Skinner, Harvey A.
AU - Marsh, Marsha
AU - Mokdad, Ali H.
AU - Yu, Shun Zhang
AU - Lindner, M. Cristina
AU - Sherman, Gregory
AU - Barreto, Sandhi M.
AU - Green, Lawrence W.
AU - Svenson, Lawrence W.
AU - Sainsbury, Peter
AU - Yan, Yongping
AU - Zhang, Zuo Feng
AU - Zevallos, Juan C.
AU - Ho, Suzanne C.
AU - de Salazar, Ligia M.
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PY - 2007/4
Y1 - 2007/4
N2 - 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.
AB - 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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U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.2005.081711
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.2005.081711
M3 - Article
C2 - 17413073
AN - SCOPUS:34250870071
SN - 0090-0036
VL - 97
SP - S82-87
JO - American Journal of Public Health
JF - American Journal of Public Health
IS - Suppl 1
ER -