PETRA: Prevention of Disease Using Trade Agreements

PETRA将成为英国独一无二的专家和用户研发网络。它将审查在预防非传染性疾病方面贸易与卫生之间联系的证据。它将研究国际贸易如何改善人类健康和预防可避免的伤害。它将通过审查有关贸易和卫生的现有知识来实现这一目标。PETRA将研究对促进健康和减少危害，特别是在不健康食品、酒精和烟草贸易造成危害的情况下，产生最大影响的贸易措施和政策。这将通过将贸易专家与公共卫生、经济学、环境科学（可持续发展/繁荣）、公共政策和法律等学科联合起来实现。该网络将以公务员和第三部门主要政策人员的意见以及创新和从其他国家和其他相关公共利益领域学习为指导。PETRA的好处将是解决非传染性疾病预防研究方面的一个重大差距。贸易政策和制度有可能减少可避免的危害并显著改善人类健康。PETRA旨在确保有一个坚实的应用研究和开发基础，为公共政策和资助的研究优先事项提供信息。PETRA的受益者和受益者将是：公众：通过逐步改善公众健康，特别是后代的健康。PETRA将寻求提高公众对以下方面的理解：贸易对人类健康和环境的影响，对今世后代的更广泛影响，以及将改善公众健康的公共政策解决办法。英国政府决策者：在贸易、环境、公共卫生、运输、农业、食品等方面。他们将更好地了解关于贸易与卫生之间联系的基础研究和发展，以及可纳入贸易政策和贸易与投资协定的实际政策解决办法。慈善机构和专业团体：PETRA将与受人尊敬的、以证据为基础的倡导团体合作。对它们的好处将是在研究知情的情况下倡导有利于社会和环境的渐进式贸易政策以及贸易和投资协定。其他国家：对其他国家也会有潜在的好处。贸易受互惠协议支配，互惠协议应包含共同标准。贸易、公共卫生、法律、环境科学、公共政策和经济学方面的学者：对学术界的潜在好处将是：与一个专门的兴趣社区联系起来，潜在的跨学科研究合作，实现研究影响的能力，研究思想和创新，以及专业发展机会。研究资助者：将对高影响非传染性疾病预防贸易措施的短期和长期研究重点有明确的理由。公共卫生专业人员：- PETRA旨在提高公共卫生界对卫生和贸易的兴趣、参与和知识。有可能将PETRA讨论的学习内容纳入培训和发展活动和课程。由于贸易和投资协定的长期性，该协定的目标是在预防非传染性疾病的贸易和卫生方面成为一个自我维持和相互联系的研究和发展共同体。通过发展研究合作，PETRA的目标是说服研究资助者有必要资助具有高影响力的贸易和卫生研究。PETRA将成为一个国家专家资源，并寻求建立关于贸易和卫生的跨学科学术卓越中心。至少在未来十年，英国需要迅速制定贸易政策、贸易和投资协议，因此对这种专家能力将有需求。

PETRA will be a unique UK expert and user research and development network. It will examine the evidence on the links between trade and health in respect of the prevention of Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs). It will look at how international trade can improve human health and prevent avoidable harm.It will achieve this by reviewing the existing knowledge on trade and health. PETRA will develop research on the trade measures and policies that will have the highest impact on promoting health and reducing harms, especially where these are caused by trade in unhealthy foods, alcohol and tobacco. This will be achieved through bringing together trade experts with the academic disciplines of public health, economics, environmental sciences (sustainable development/prosperity), public policy and law. The Network will be guided by views from key policy people in the civil service and third sector as well as innovations and learning from other countries and other areas of linked public benefit.The benefits of PETRA will be in addressing a major gap in NCD prevention research. Trade policies and systems have the potential to reduce avoidable harms and make significant improvements to human health. PETRA aims to ensure that there is a solid base of applied research and development to inform public policy and funded research priorities. The beneficiaries and benefits of PETRA will be:General public: by achieving progressive improvements in the public's health especially for future generations. PETRA will seek to improve public understanding of: the impact of trade on human health and the environment, the wider impacts on current and future generations, and the public policy solutions that will improve the public's health.UK Government policy makers: in trade, environment, public health, transport, agriculture, food etc. They will be better informed about the underpinning research and development on the links between trade and health and on practical policy solutions that can be incorporated within trade policy and trade and investment agreements. Charities and professional groups: PETRA will work with respected and evidence-based advocacy groups. The benefits to them will be research informed advocacy for progressive social and environmentally beneficial trade policies and trade and investment agreements.Other countries: there will also be potential benefits for other countries. Trade is governed by reciprocal agreements which should contain common standards. Academics in trade, public health, law, environmental sciences, public policy and economics: the potential benefits to academia will be: being linked into a dedicated community of interest, potential interdisciplinary research collaborations, ability to achieve research impact, research ideas and innovations, and professional development opportunities.Research funders: will have a clear case for short and longer term research priorities for high impact NCD prevention trade measures.Public health professionals: - PETRA aims to increase interest, involvement and literacy in the public health community in health and trade. There is potential to incorporate learning from PETRA's discussions in training and development events and curricula. Due to the long term nature of trade and investment agreements, PETRA will aim to become a self sustaining and interlinked research and development community on the trade and health aspects of the prevention of NCDs. By developing research collaborations PETRA will aim to persuade research funders of the need to fund high impact trade and health research. PETRA will become a national expert resource and seek to establish interdisciplinary centres of academic excellence on trade and health. There will be a demand for this expert capacity as the UK needs to develop trade policy and trade and investment agreements rapidly over at least the next decade.