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ArticleAmerican journal of public health2007

Vision for a global registry of anticipated public health studies.

Bernard C K Choi, John Frank, Jennifer S Mindell, Anna Orlova, Vivian Lin, Alain D M G Vaillancourt, Pekka Puska, Tikki Pang, Harvey A Skinner, Marsha Marsh and 13 more

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Article in American journal of public health, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. Registration of observational studies: is it time?CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2010
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

23 authors.

Bernard C K ChoiCentre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada, Government of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Bernard_ Choi@phac-aspc.gc.ca
John Frank
Jennifer S Mindell
Anna Orlova
Vivian Lin
Alain D M G Vaillancourt
Pekka Puska
Tikki Pang
Harvey A Skinner
Marsha Marsh
Ali H Mokdad
Shun-Zhang Yu
M Cristina Lindner
Gregory Sherman
Sandhi M Barreto
Lawrence W Green
Lawrence W Svenson
Peter Sainsbury
Yongping Yan
Zuo-Feng Zhang
Juan C Zevallos
Suzanne C Ho
Ligia M de Salazar

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

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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Global HealthPublic HealthBiomedical ResearchHumansRegistries

Identifiers

PMID17413073
PMCPMC1855000

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