Public health and prevention research within the Medical Research Future Fund

IF 2.6 3区医学 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health Pub Date : 2024-08-01 DOI:10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100171

Benedicta Natalia Latif , Leanne Coombe , Tim Driscoll , Anita van Zwieten , Catherine Sherrington , Saman Khalatbari-Soltani

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Abstract

Objective

To explore the amount and type of research funded under relevant Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Initiatives that addressed public health and prevention from 2018 to July 2023.

Methods

Projects funded by six MRFF Initiatives, with objectives relevant to public health and public health nominated as “field of research” by >25% of applicants, were evaluated against a set of public health research criteria and were categorised based on levels of prevention.

Results

Fifty-seven per cent of 249 funded projects were categorised as public health research. Projects with curative features, focusing on tertiary (32%) and quaternary (4%) prevention, were as common as projects with earlier preventive features, focussed on primordial (7%) and primary (28%) prevention. The Preventive and Public Health Research Initiative had the lowest proportion of public health research (48%) of the six evaluated Initiatives and a dominance of curative (39%) and non-preventive (26%) research over preventive research (30%).

Conclusion

This study highlighted variable levels of public health research across public-health-relevant MRFF Initiatives and generally low proportions of primary and primordial prevention. A greater emphasis on primordial and primary prevention research in public-health-relevant Initiatives could advance prevention in Australia.

Implications for public health

There appears to be scope for improvement in the prioritisation of upstream prevention research in public-health-relevant MRFF Initiatives and projects. Addressing this may enhance the benefit of MRFF to Australian public health.

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医学研究未来基金内的公共卫生和预防研究。

目的探讨 2018 年至 2023 年 7 月期间，由相关医学研究未来基金（MRFF）倡议资助的、涉及公共卫生和预防的研究数量和类型：根据一套公共卫生研究标准对六项 MRFF 计划资助的项目进行评估，这些项目的目标与公共卫生相关，且有超过 25% 的申请者将公共卫生提名为 "研究领域"：结果：在 249 个资助项目中，57%被归类为公共卫生研究。具有治疗功能的项目（侧重于三级预防（32%）和四级预防（4%））与具有早期预防功能的项目（侧重于一级预防（7%）和一级预防（28%））同样常见。预防和公共卫生研究倡议的公共卫生研究比例（48%）在六个接受评估的倡议中最低，治疗性研究（39%）和非预防性研究（26%）比预防性研究（30%）占优势：本研究强调了与公共卫生相关的 MRFF 倡议的公共卫生研究水平参差不齐，初级和基本预防的比例普遍较低。在与公共卫生相关的倡议中更加重视初级和基层预防研究，可以促进澳大利亚的预防工作：对公共卫生的影响：在与公共卫生相关的 MRFF 倡议和项目中，上游预防研究的优先次序似乎还有改进的余地。解决这一问题可提高 MRFF 对澳大利亚公共卫生的益处。

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 医学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

CiteScore

4.20

自引率

5.70%

发文量

121

审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health (ANZJPH) is concerned with public health issues. The research reported includes formal epidemiological inquiries into the correlates and causes of diseases and health-related behaviour, analyses of public policy affecting health and disease, and detailed studies of the cultures and social structures within which health and illness exist. The Journal is multidisciplinary and aims to publish methodologically sound research from any of the academic disciplines that constitute public health.