Why We Don’t Spend Enough on Public Health: An Alternative View

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicente Navarro
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Alternative View

scholarly journals What is useful research? The good, the bad, and the stable

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Ozonoff ◽  
Philippe Grandjean
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Scientific Journal ◽  
Potential Usefulness ◽  
Alternative View ◽  
Environmental Health Research

AbstractA scientific journal like Environmental Health strives to publish research that is useful within the field covered by the journal’s scope, in this case, public health. Useful research is more likely to make a difference. However, in many, if not most cases, the usefulness of an article can be difficult to ascertain until after its publication. Although replication is often thought of as a requirement for research to be considered valid, this criterion is retrospective and has resulted in a tendency toward inertia in environmental health research. An alternative viewpoint is that useful work is “stable”, i.e., not likely to be soon contradicted. We present this alternative view, which still relies on science being consensual, although pointing out that it is not the same as replicability, while not in contradiction. We believe that viewing potential usefulness of research reports through the lens of stability is a valuable perspective.

Public Health and Newborn Hearing Screening

1997 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-16
Author(s):  
Terrey Oliver Penn ◽  
Susan E. Abbott
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Hearing Screening ◽  
Newborn Hearing Screening ◽  
Newborn Hearing
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