TY - JOUR
T1 - Global status of epidemiology
T2 - Population health and status of epidemiology: Who european region
AU - Rahu, Mati
AU - Vlassov, Vasiliy V.
AU - Pega, Frank
AU - Andreeva, Tatiana
AU - Ay, Pinar
AU - Baburin, Aleksei
AU - Bencko, Vladimír
AU - Csépe, Péter
AU - Gebska-Kuczerowska, Anita
AU - Ondrušová, Martina
AU - Ribak, Joseph
N1 - Funding Information:
Major sources of epidemiology/public health research funding are national government agencies such as departments or ministries of health and education; international organizations such as primarily the EU through programmes such as the Research Framework Programme, Structural Funds and Health Programme; other countries through their dedicated institutions; and charitable organizations. To provide one case study of funding sources, the American University of Armenia’s College of Health Sciences (http://auachsr.com) has received funding from the national government through the Ministry of Health, Armenian National Center for AIDS Control and Prevention and Armenian National Institute of Health; through international organizations such as the EU, UNICEF, the Global Fund and WHO; through donor countries such as the USA through USAID; through non-governmental organizations such as the American International Health Alliance, American Red Cross, AmeriCares, Jinishian Memorial Foundation, Lions Club International Foundation, United Methodist Committee on Relief and Well Start International; and through foreign universities such as Johns Hopkins University Population Communications Service and the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing.
Funding Information:
M.R. and A.B. are affiliated to the National Institute for Health Development and salaried from the funds of the research grants SF0940026s07 (Estonian Ministry of Education and Science) and IUT5-1 (Estonian Research Council). F.P. was supported by the University of Otago through a doctoral scholarship and an Elman Poole Travelling Award and Fulbright New Zealand through a Fulbright-Ministry of Science and Innovation Graduate Award (grant 15120390).
PY - 2013/6
Y1 - 2013/6
N2 - Background This article of the International Epidemiological Association commissioned paper series stocktakes the population health and status of epidemiology in 21 of the 53 countries of the WHO European Region. By United Nations geographical classification, these countries belong to Eastern Europe, Western Asia and South-Central Asia. Methods Published data were used to describe population health indicators and risk factors. Epidemiological training and research was assessed based on author knowledge, information searchesand E-mail survey of experts. Bibliometric analyses determined epidemiological publication outputs. Results Between-country differences in life expectancy, amount and profile of disease burden and prevalence of risk factors are marked. Epidemiological training is affected by ongoing structural reforms of educational systems. Training is advanced in Israel and several Eastern European countries. Epidemiological research is mainly university-based in most countries, but predominantly conducted by governmental research institutes in several countries of the former Soviet Union. Funding is generally external and limited, partially due to competition from and prioritization of biomedical research. Multiple relevant professional societies exist, especially in Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary. Few of the region's 39 epidemiological academic journals have international currency. The number of epidemiological publications per population is highest for Israel and lowest for South-Central Asian countries. Conclusions Epidemiological capacity will continue to be heterogeneous across the region and depend more on countries' individual historical, social, political and economic conditions and contexts than their epidemiologists' successive efforts. National and international research funding, and within- and between-country collaborations should be enhanced, especially for South-Central Asian countries
AB - Background This article of the International Epidemiological Association commissioned paper series stocktakes the population health and status of epidemiology in 21 of the 53 countries of the WHO European Region. By United Nations geographical classification, these countries belong to Eastern Europe, Western Asia and South-Central Asia. Methods Published data were used to describe population health indicators and risk factors. Epidemiological training and research was assessed based on author knowledge, information searchesand E-mail survey of experts. Bibliometric analyses determined epidemiological publication outputs. Results Between-country differences in life expectancy, amount and profile of disease burden and prevalence of risk factors are marked. Epidemiological training is affected by ongoing structural reforms of educational systems. Training is advanced in Israel and several Eastern European countries. Epidemiological research is mainly university-based in most countries, but predominantly conducted by governmental research institutes in several countries of the former Soviet Union. Funding is generally external and limited, partially due to competition from and prioritization of biomedical research. Multiple relevant professional societies exist, especially in Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary. Few of the region's 39 epidemiological academic journals have international currency. The number of epidemiological publications per population is highest for Israel and lowest for South-Central Asian countries. Conclusions Epidemiological capacity will continue to be heterogeneous across the region and depend more on countries' individual historical, social, political and economic conditions and contexts than their epidemiologists' successive efforts. National and international research funding, and within- and between-country collaborations should be enhanced, especially for South-Central Asian countries
KW - Disease burden
KW - Epidemiological research
KW - Epidemiological training
KW - Epidemiology
KW - European region
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U2 - 10.1093/ije/dyt054
DO - 10.1093/ije/dyt054
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AN - SCOPUS:84881639500
SN - 0300-5771
VL - 42
SP - 870
EP - 885
JO - International Journal of Epidemiology
JF - International Journal of Epidemiology
IS - 3
ER -