North and South: bridging the information gap
North and South: bridging the information gap
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DOI：
10.1016/s0140-6736(00)02414-4
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发表时间：
2000-06-24
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影响因子：
168.9
通讯作者：
Horton, R
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作者：
Horton, R
信息交流对卫生系统的发展至关重要。欠发达国家的信息需求尤其具有挑战性，但许多因素阻碍了知识的自由流动。有很多关于技术修复--例如互联网--可能如何填补这一信息空白的讨论。然而，很少有人试图询问在资源匮乏地区工作的临床研究人员对这些困难和可能的解决方案的看法。这里报道的信息来自对柳叶刀编辑顾问的调查，表明信息、研究和出版能力密切相关。调查人员、出版商、编辑和编辑组织在解决全球信息贫困问题上都发挥着重要作用。
Information exchange is critical for development of health systems. The information needs of less-developed countries are especially challenging, but many factors inhibit free flow of knowledge. There is much talk about how technical fixes-such as the internet-might fill this information gap. Yet few attempts have been made to ask clinical investigators who work in resource-poor regions for their views on these difficulties and the possible solutions. The messages reported here, from a survey of Lancet editorial advisors, suggest that information, research, and publication capacities are intimately linked. Investigators, publishers, editors, and editorial organisations ail have important parts to play in solving this global information poverty.