Dissemination of public health information: key tools utilised by the NECOBELAC network in Europe and Latin America |
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| Authors: | De Castro Paola Marsili Daniela Poltronieri Elisabetta Calderón Carlos Agudelo |
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| Institution: | Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy Instituto de Salud Pública, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotà, Colombia. paola.decastro@iss.it |
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| Abstract: | Background: Open Access (OA) to scientific information is an important step forward in communication patterns, yet we still need to reinforce OA principles to promote a cultural change of traditional publishing practices. The advantages of free access to scientific information are even more evident in public health where knowledge is directly associated with human wellbeing. Objectives: An OA ‘consolidation’ initiative in public health is presented to show how the involvement of people and institutions is fundamental to create awareness on OA and promote a cultural change. This initiative is developed within the project NEtwork of COllaboration Between Europe and Latin American Caribbean countries (NECOBELAC), financed by the European Commission. Methods: Three actions are envisaged: Capacity building through a flexible and sustainable training programme on scientific writing and OA publishing; creation of training tools based on semantic web technologies; development of a network of supporting institutions. Results: In 2010–2011, 23 training initiatives were performed involving 856 participants from 15 countries; topic maps on scientific publication and OA were produced; 195 institutions are included in the network. Conclusions: Cultural change in scientific dissemination practices is a long process requiring a flexible approach and strong commitment by all stakeholders. |
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| Keywords: | education and training electronic journals health information needs information and communication technologies journals knowledge transfer open access publication output publishers and publishing research networks |
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