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The European Journal of Public Health 2007 17(Supplement 1):6-7; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckm067
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© The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved.

Commentary on SPHERE (Strengthening Public Health Research in Europe) literature reviews

F. Kamper-Jørgensen

National Institute of Public Health, Øster Farimagsgade 5 A, 1399 Copenhagen K, Denmark

Correspondence: Finn Kamper-Jørgensen, National Institute of Public Health, Øster Farimagsgade 5 A, 1399 Copenhagen K, Denmark, tel: +45 39 20 77 77, e-mail: fkj@niph.dk

Received June 6, 2007, accepted June 6, 2007

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SPHERE is a good initiative, comparing public health research production in Europe with the rest of the world as well as between countries within Europe. The initiators and participants of the project are to be congratulated on this news-breaking approach. The project has been conducted with a fairly high level of ambition, and I am impressed with the studies in which public health research publications in Europe have been assessed by country, by gross domestic product, by population and by health needs . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   Methodology
 
Consistency of definition
Exclusion or inclusion of epidemiology
Exclusion of grey literature
Systematic collection of information from each country/use of country informants
Reviews and systematic reviews

   Conclusions
 
Future of public health research in Europe

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