Phire – Public Health Innovation & Research in Europe

PHIRE – Public Health Innovation & Research in Europe

REPORT

National Public Health Research Calls and Programmes in 2010


WP5 Demonstrating national innovation and research

September 2012

EUPHA

European Public Health Association

P.O. Box 1568

3500 BN Utrecht

The Netherlands

This report has been compiled by Work Package 5 partners:
Cláudia Conceição –School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Portugal;

Marvic Sammut – Ministry of Health, the Elderly and Community Care, Malta (MHEC);

Amanda Saliba – Ministry of Health, the Elderly and Community Care, Malta (MHEC);

Zuzana Katreniakova – Slovak Public Health Association (SAVEZ);

Olivier Grimaud – French School of Public Health (EHESP);

Laura Narkauskaitė – Lithuanian Institute of Hygiene (LIH);

And

Floris Barnhoorn – European Public Health Association (EUPHA)

Mark McCarthy – Faculty of Public Health (UKFPH)

This publication arises from the project ‘PHIRE - Public Health Innovation and Research in Europe’, Agreement Number 2009 12 14, which has received funding from the European Union, in the framework of the Health Programme.
PHIRE is implemented from 1 September 2010 until 28 February 2013.
The project is coordinated by the European Public Health Association (EUPHA). Associated partners are School of Public Health (EHESP), France; Faculty of Public Health (FPH), United Kingdom; Institute of Hygiene (LIH), Lithuania; Karolinska Institute, Sweden; Ministry of Health, the Elderly and Community Care (MHEC), Malta; Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL), the Netherlands; Slovak Public Health Association (SAVEZ), Slovakia.


Contents

INTRODUCTION 6

PHIRE, Public Health Innovation and Research in Europe 6

Work package 5, Demonstrating national innovation and research 6

MATERIAL AND METHODS 8

RESULTS 15

Thematic areas of public health research (research fields) which were financed through national programmes and calls in 2010 17

Establishing contacts and collaboration with National Public Health Associations 23

DISCUSSION 24

CONCLUSION 26

Appendix 1 - Distribution of the countries by partners 65

Appendix 2 - 1st phase WP5 letter sent by email to National Public Health Associations’contacts or other national contacts 66

Appendix 3 - Form 68

Appendix 4 - Email and letter from EUPHA office and president about PHIRE 1st phase WP5 75

Appendix 5 - Letter from EUPHA president to National Public Health Associations 76

Appendix 6 - PHIRE summary sent to National Public Health Associations 78

Appendix 7 – Second email from EUPHA office and president to National Public Health Associations 80

Appendix 8 – Second letter from EUPHA president to National Public Health Associations 81

Appendix 9 - Form with answers 83

Appendix 10 - PHIRE Supplemental Information – Ireland 88

List of Boxes

Box 1 - Summary of activities carried by PHIRE management committee and WP5 coordination to design and conduct the 1st phase WP5.

Box 2 – Definition of Public Health Research sent as reference.
List of tables
Table 1 - WP5 first phase, summary of contacts between regional coordinators and National Public Health Associations and Country informants and type of organization from final respondent.

Table 2 - Countries with or without calls or programmes on public health research opened in 2010.

Table 3 - Number of calls included by country.

Table 4 - Number of calls or programmes by areas of research.

Table 5 - Number of calls or programmes by main areas of research financed in 2010, total and without France and the United Kingdom.

Table 6 - Open calls or programmes in public health research opened in 2010, by country, code of call, commissioning agency and objectives

Table 7 - Calls or programmes in methods in public health research opened in 2010, by country, code of call, commissioning agency and objectives.

Table 8 - Calls or programmes on cancer (Public health research / Disease control / Non-communicable chronic diseases) opened in 2010, by country, code of call, commissioning agency and objectives.

Table 9 - Calls or programmes on mental health (Public health research / Disease control / Non-communicable chronic diseases) opened in 2010, by country, code of call, commissioning agency and objectives.

Table 10 - Calls or programmes on non-specified and other non-communicable chronic diseases (Public health research / Disease control / Non-communicable chronic diseases) opened in 2010, by country, code of call, commissioning agency and objectives

Table 11 - Calls or programmes on other or non-specified diseases (Public health research / Disease control) opened in 2010, by country, code of call, commissioning agency and objectives.

Table 12 - Calls or programmes on communicable Disease (Public health research / Disease control) opened in 2010, by country, code of call, commissioning agency and objectives.

Table 13 - Calls or programmes on environmental and occupational health (Public health research / Health promotion) opened in 2010, by country, code of call, commissioning agency and objectives (to be continued).

Table 14 - Calls or programmes on Health promotion, in general (Public health research / Health promotion) opened in 2010, by country, code of call, commissioning agency and objectives (to be continued).

Table 15 - Calls or programmes on health services, statistics, information, screening, organization (Public health research / Health services) opened in 2010, by country, code of call, commissioning agency and objectives (to be continued).

Table 16 - Calls or programmes on other health services (Public health research / Health services) opened in 2010, by country, code of call, commissioning agency and objectives.

Table 17 - Call or program on youth (Public health research / Target groups) opened in 2010, by country, code of call, commissioning agency and objectives.

Table 18 - Call or program on ageing (Public health research / Target groups) opened in 2010, by country, code of call, commissioning agency and objectives.

Table 19 – Additional information provided by countries, summary.

Table 20 - Additional information provided by countries.