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Publication output in the field of Public Health and its appreciation at political level in Austria

Public Health Publikationen und ihre Würdigung auf politischer Ebene in Österreich

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In a pilot study, we aimed to identify the output of public health research by Austrian university and non-university research institutions and compare it with its translation into Austrian public health policy. A keyword search in PubMed was conducted for the period 2000 to 2013. The ‘Public Health Newsletter’ published by the Austrian Ministry of Health and the ‘Health Reform Law 2013’ were used as surrogate indicators for the translation of research into public health policy.

A total of 97 publications in peer-reviewed journals showed a wide variation in topics. Comparing the research topics with the articles of the ‘Public Health Newsletter’, we found identity in the field of communicable diseases. The Health Reform Law 2013 confirms the importance of evidence-based decision-making; yet, it contains no direct mentioning of or relation to research results. Based on our methodology, moderate appreciation of research results at the political level could be found in Austria.

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In einer Pilotstudie soll der peer-reviewte Public Health Forschungsoutput österreichischer universitärer und nicht-universitärer Institutionen seiner Translation in die österreichische Gesundheitspolitik gegenübergestellt werden. Methodisch wurde eine Suche nach Schlüsselbegriffen in PubMed für die Periode 2000–2013 durchgeführt. Als Indikatoren der Translation in die Public Health Politik wurden der „Public Health Newsletter“ des Bundesministeriums für Gesundheit und der Inhalt des Gesundheitsreformgesetzes 2013 herangezogen.

Die über PubMed identifizierten 97 Publikationen zeigten eine große Breite an Themen. Parallelen zwischen Forschungsthemen und den Inhalten des „Public Health Newsletter“ konnten im Bereich der klassischen Public Health Themen wie z. B. übertragbare Krankheiten identifiziert werden. Das Gesundheitsreformgesetz 2013 bekräftigt die Bedeutung des evidenzbasierten Entscheidungsfindungsansatzes, erwähnt aber keinen Bezug zur bestehenden Public Health Forschung. Im Rahmen der gewählten Methodologie wurde eine moderate Wahrnehmung der Forschungsergebnisse auf politischer Entscheidungsebene festgestellt.

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  2. Prof. Donald Stokes was the Professor of Politics and Public Affairs and Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University from 1974 to 1992.

  3. As there is no official translation of the Health Reform Law (yet), the authors have translated the meaning of the paragraph.

  4. The Public Health Service is the third pillar of the Austrian health-care system. Based on the Public Health Act of 1872, it regulates the main tasks in the field of sanitary supervision and epidemic control and defines standards for public health officers and directors. The Gesundheit Österreich GmbH is presently assisting in a reorientation process of the ÖGD [31].

  5. Accessed 22 Sept. 2013.

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    Eva Schwarz MPH

  2. Centre of Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Eva Schwarz MPH

  3. Department of General Practice and Family Medicine,Centre of Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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Schwarz, E., Maier, M. Publication output in the field of Public Health and its appreciation at political level in Austria. Wien Med Wochenschr 164, 123–130 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10354-014-0270-4

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