ArticleJournal of global health2018
Setting research priorities to achieve long-term health targets in Iran.
Article in Journal of global health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
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.
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.
Who cites it
14 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Two decades of the CHNRI method (2006-2025): Tracking its evolution and contribution to the emerging field of ideometrics.Journal of global health · 2025Article
- Facilitators and barriers to online medical consultation in Iran: a qualitative study exploring the perspectives of healthcare policymakers and administrators using the CFIR framework.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Health research priorities in Pakistan: A Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative (CHNRI) exercise.Journal of global health · 2024Article
- Article
- Lessons from COVID-19 Pandemic: A Successful Policy and Practice by Pasteur Institute of Iran.Iranian biomedical journal · 2024Article
- Setting national research priorities for difficult-to-treat depression in the UK between 2021-2026.Journal of global health · 2022Article
- Prevalence of Tobacco Use in Adults; 2016 Nationally Representative Household Survey in Iran.International journal of preventive medicine · 2022Article
- Setting research priorities to achieve long-term national road safety goals in Iran.Journal of global health · 2022Article
- Non-communicable diseases' risk factors in Iran; a review of the present status and action plans.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2021Review
- Assessing the performance of hospitals before and after the implementation of Iran's Health Sector Evolution Plan (HSEP) using the Pabon Lasso model.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2021Article
- Does Economic Support Have an Impact on the Health Status of Elderly Patients With Chronic Diseases in China? - Based on CHARLS (2018) Data Research.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
- How to strengthen a health research system: WHO's review, whose literature and who is providing leadership?Health research policy and systems · 2020Article
- Trend of clinical trials in Persian medicine: a decade of endeavours.Integrative medicine research · 2020Article
- Universal health coverage in Iran: What kind of knowledge is needed to achieve the goals?Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2019Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
52 authors at 16 institutions in 5 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundIn 2015, it was estimated that the burden of disease in Iran comprised of 19 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), 74% of which were due to non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The observed leading causes of death were cardiovascular diseases (41.9%), neoplasms (14.9%), and road traffic injuries (7.4%). Even so, the health research investment in Iran continues to remain limited. This study aims to identify national health research priorities in Iran for the next five years to assist the efficient use of resources towards achieving the long-term health targets.
methodsAdapting the Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative (CHNRI) method, this study engaged 48 prominent Iranian academic leaders in the areas related to Iran's long-term health targets, a group of research funders and policy makers, and 68 stakeholders from the wider society. 128 proposed research questions were scored independently using a set of five criteria: feasibility, impact on health, impact on economy, capacity building, and equity.
findingsThe top-10 priorities were focused on the research questions relating to: health insurance system reforms to improve equity; integration of NCDs prevention strategy into primary health care; cost-effective population-level interventions for NCDs and road traffic injury prevention; tailoring medical qualifications; epidemiological assessment of NCDs by geographic areas; equality in the distribution of health resources and services; current and future common health problems in Iran's elderly and strategies to reduce their economic burden; the status of antibiotic resistance in Iran and strategies to promote rational use of antibiotics; the health impacts of water crisis; and research to replace the physician-centered health system with a team-based one.
conclusionsThese findings highlight consensus amongst various prominent Iranian researchers and stakeholders over the research priorities that require investment to generate information and knowledge relevant to the national health targets and policies. The exercise should assist in addressing the knowledge gaps to support both the National General Health Policies by 2025 and the health targets of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.