背景:越来越需要了解研究对社会和经济的更广泛影响。为了健康研究,重点是了解研究对实践和最终对患者结局的影响.这可能是具有挑战性的衡量,但是实践变化的一个有用的代理是对准则的影响。方法:本研究的目的是绘制英国研究和英国研究资助者对国家健康与临床卓越研究所(NICE)公共卫生指南的贡献,了解优势和劣势领域以及各国之间以及资助者之间的合作与协调水平。这项工作包括两个主要要素:分析NICE指南中引用的参考文献以及与公共卫生专家的访谈。结果:在62篇NICE公共卫生指南中引用的论文中,我们发现28%的匹配论文包括至少一个英国从属关系,与其他健康领域相比,这是相对较高的。总的来说,165个独特的资助者被确定为超过三个确认,在20个国家。68%承认资助的论文引用了至少一位英国资助者,NIHR是样本中引用最多的资助者。结论:英国对NICEPH指南引用的公共卫生研究做出了重要贡献,尽管这项研究似乎与其他研究部门没有文献统计上的区别,除了国际合作水平相对较低之外。然而,NICE公共卫生指南在多大程度上反映了地方当局层面的实践尚不清楚.需要更多的研究来了解支持地方公共卫生决策的证据来源,以及如何使NICE指南更加适用。在这个新的背景下,及时和可访问的。
Background: There is an increasing need to understand the wider impacts of research on society and the economy. For health research, a key focus is understanding the impact of research on practice and ultimately on patient outcomes. This can be challenging to measure, but one useful proxy for changes in practice is impact on guidelines. Methods: The aim of this study is to map the contribution of
UK research and
UK research funders to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) public health
guidelines, understanding areas of strengths and weakness and the level of collaboration and coordination across countries and between funders. The work consisted of two main elements: analysis of the references cited on NICE guidelines and interviews with experts in public health. Results: Across the papers cited on 62 NICE public health guidelines, we find that 28% of the papers matched include at least one
UK affiliation, which is relatively high when compared to other health fields. In total, 165 unique funders were identified with more than three acknowledgements, based in 20 countries. 68% of papers which acknowledge funding cite at least one
UK funder, and NIHR is the most highly cited funder in the sample. Conclusions: The
UK makes an important contribution to public health research cited on NICE PH
guidelines, although the research does not appear to be bibliometrically distinct from other research sectors, other than having a relatively low level of international collaboration. However, the extent to which NICE public health guidelines reflect practice at the local authority level is less clear. More research is needed to understand the sources of evidence to support public health decision making at the local level and how NICE guidance can be made more applicable, timely and accessible in this new context.