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健康之间的联系的证据。它将研究国际贸易如何改善人类健康和防止可避免的伤害，并将通过审查现有的贸易和健康知识来实现这一目标。Petra将开展有关贸易措施和政策的研究，这些措施和政策将对促进健康和减少危害产生最大影响，特别是在不健康食品、酒精和烟草贸易造成这些影响的情况下。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术学科聚集在一起来实现。该网络将以公务员和第三部门主要政策人员的意见以及从其他国家和其他相关公共利益领域的创新和学习为指导。Petra的好处将是解决非传染性疾病预防研究中的一个重大差距。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的目标是确保有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。佩特拉的受益者和受益者将是：普通公众：逐步改善公众的健康，特别是子孙后代的健康。PETRA将努力提高公众对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方案的理解。英国政府政策制定者：在贸易、环境、公共卫生、交通、农业、食品等领域。他们将更好地了解贸易与健康之间的联系以及可纳入贸易政策和贸易投资协议的实际政策解决方案的基础研究和开发。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。对他们的好处将是研究、知情、倡导进步的社会和环境有益的贸易政策以及贸易和投资协定。其他国家：也将给其他国家带来潜在的好处。贸易由互惠协议管理，该协议应包含共同标准。贸易、公共卫生、法律、环境科学、公共政策和经济学的学者：对学术界的潜在好处将是：与一个专门的利益共同体联系在一起，潜在的跨学科研究合作，实现研究影响的能力，研究想法和创新，以及专业发展机会。研究资助者：将有明确的理由，为高影响的非传染性疾病预防贸易措施的短期和长期研究优先事项。公共卫生专业人员：-Petra的目标是增加对公共卫生界在卫生和贸易方面的兴趣、参与和识字。有可能在培训和发展活动和课程中纳入佩特拉讨论的经验教训。由于贸易和投资协议的长期性，Petra将致力于成为一个自我维持和相互关联的研究和开发社区，研究和开发预防非传染性疾病的贸易和卫生方面的问题。通过发展研究合作，Petra将致力于说服研究资助者有必要为高影响力的贸易和卫生研究提供资金。佩特拉将成为国家专家资源，并寻求建立贸易和卫生方面的跨学科卓越学术中心。由于英国需要在至少未来10年迅速制定贸易政策以及贸易和投资协议，因此将会有对这种专家能力的需求。

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.