title: Vision for a global registry of anticipated public health studies.
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.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada, Government of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Bernard_ Choi@phac-aspc.gc.ca
authors.forename: Bernard C K
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: John
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authors.lastname: Frank
authors.forename: Jennifer S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Mindell
authors.forename: Anna
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authors.lastname: Orlova
authors.forename: Vivian
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authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Alain D M G
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authors.lastname: Vaillancourt
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authors.lastname: Puska
authors.forename: Tikki
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authors.lastname: Pang
authors.forename: Harvey A
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authors.lastname: Skinner
authors.forename: Marsha
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authors.lastname: Marsh
authors.forename: Ali H
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authors.lastname: Mokdad
authors.forename: Shun-Zhang
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authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: M Cristina
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Lindner
authors.forename: Gregory
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authors.lastname: Sherman
authors.forename: Sandhi M
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authors.lastname: Barreto
authors.forename: Lawrence W
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authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: Lawrence W
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authors.lastname: Svenson
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authors.lastname: Sainsbury
authors.forename: Yongping
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authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Zuo-Feng
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authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Juan C
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authors.lastname: Zevallos
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authors.lastname: de Salazar
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000592:standards*; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health; D012042:Registries / Q000592:standards*