Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, USA.
Glob Public Health. 2012;7 Suppl 1:S73-81. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2012.693517. Epub 2012 Jul 9.
The challenges posed by a globalised world have made it imperative for society to search for solutions to emerging issues and to develop new ways of looking at old problems. Current discussions about global public health demand a shift in paradigms and the strategic positioning of public health within broader policy discussions that will enable it to influence political and action agendas. Critical to responding to these challenges is the generation, transmission and dissemination of new knowledge to create value. Recognising the cutting-edge role of knowledge, as a new form of capital that drives innovation and transforms society, the formation of knowledge networks is viewed as a strategy for developing a shared intellectual, conceptual and ethical infrastructure for the field of global public health. These knowledge networks are envisioned as a vehicle for sharing diverse perspectives, encouraging debate and sustaining alternative ways of thinking about and responding to the challenges that confront global public health today and in the future.
全球化世界带来的挑战，使得社会必须寻求解决新出现问题的方法，并寻找新的视角来审视旧问题。当前关于全球公共卫生的讨论需要转变范式，并在更广泛的政策讨论中战略性地定位公共卫生，使其能够影响政治和行动议程。应对这些挑战的关键是生成、传递和传播新知识以创造价值。认识到知识作为一种新的资本形式，推动创新和改变社会，因此形成知识网络被视为为全球公共卫生领域发展共享的知识、概念和道德基础的一种战略。这些知识网络被视为分享不同观点、鼓励辩论和维持应对当今和未来全球公共卫生挑战的不同思维方式的一种手段。
