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  • Title: Setting a local research agenda for women's health: The National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health.
    Author: Mosca L, Allen C, Fernandez-Repollet E, Kim C, Lee M, McAuley JW, McLaughlin M, Writing Group for the Department of Health and Human Services, National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health.
    Journal: J Womens Health Gend Based Med; 2001 Dec; 10(10):927-35. PubMed ID: 11788104.
    Abstract:
    Although women's health research expanded greatly in the past 10 years, significant gaps in knowledge remain. Prioritization and promotion of research will help assure continuing progress in closing such gaps and improving the health of women. Although a comprehensive agenda for the new millennium has been developed at the national level, the process for establishing a local research agenda is not well defined. The purpose of this study was to describe criteria for and barriers to establishing a local research agenda in women's health. A secondary aim was to describe mechanisms for identifying women's health researchers and for facilitating multidisciplinary research. Directors of Research at National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health (CoEs) (n = 18) were surveyed by mail for this information. The results indicate that the local research agenda should emphasize health issues that are prevalent in women, research that is likely to establish treatment, psychosocial/cultural factors, and quality of life issues. The process of setting a research agenda should include input from the communities served as well as from scientists. Critical evaluation of scientific strengths and weaknesses is an essential preliminary step in prioritizing research opportunities in order to implement and evaluate a research agenda in women's health.
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