Université de Lorraine, Université Paris Descartes, EA 4360 Apemac, Nancy, France; Université de Cocody, Unité de Formation et de Recherche des Sciences Médicales, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.
Public Health. 2013 Sep;127(9):860-6. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2012.12.023. Epub 2013 Jun 17.
To describe the reporting of public health research in Francophone sub-Saharan Africa (FSA).
A bibliometric research study of scientific public health publications in FSA, which includes 24 countries and approximately 260 million people.
Two researchers analysed original articles published in 2007 in the medical or social sciences fields and indexed in Scopus. At least one co-author of articles had to be based in FSA. The analysis focused on research field, public health function (WHO classification), FSA country author's affiliation, language, journal type and global burden of disease (WHO classification).
Of 1047 articles retrieved by the search, 212 were from the public health field. The number of articles per country varied from 0 to 36. Public health functions examined were health service research (24.5%), health monitoring (27.4%), prevention (15%) and legislation (0.5%). The distribution of health needs described in the articles was close to that of the WHO data for Africa for 2004: infectious and parasitic diseases (70% vs 54%), maternal and perinatal conditions (15% vs 17%), non-communicable diseases (15.6% vs 21%), and injuries (0.5% vs 8%).
The areas reported in published articles from sub-Saharan Africa reflect the health needs distribution in Africa; however, the number of publications is low, particularly for prevention. In light of the current focus on evidence-based public health, this study questions whether the international scientific community adequately considers the expertise and perspectives of African researchers and professionals.
描述撒哈拉以南非洲法语国家（FSA）公共卫生研究的报告情况。
这是一项关于 FSA 地区公共卫生科学出版物的文献计量研究，涵盖了 24 个国家，约 2.6 亿人口。
两名研究人员分析了 2007 年在 Scopus 索引的医学或社会科学领域发表的原始文章，这些文章的至少一位合著者必须来自 FSA。分析重点是研究领域、公共卫生职能（世界卫生组织分类）、FSA 国家作者的隶属关系、语言、期刊类型和全球疾病负担（世界卫生组织分类）。
通过搜索共检索到 1047 篇文章，其中 212 篇来自公共卫生领域。每个国家的文章数量从 0 到 36 不等。所检查的公共卫生职能包括卫生服务研究（24.5%）、卫生监测（27.4%）、预防（15%）和立法（0.5%）。文章中描述的卫生需求分布与 2004 年世界卫生组织对非洲的数据非常接近：传染病和寄生虫病（70%比 54%）、孕产妇和围产期情况（15%比 17%）、非传染性疾病（15.6%比 21%）和伤害（0.5%比 8%）。
撒哈拉以南非洲发表的文章所报道的领域反映了非洲的卫生需求分布；然而，出版物的数量较少，特别是在预防方面。鉴于当前对循证公共卫生的关注，这项研究质疑国际科学界是否充分考虑了非洲研究人员和专业人员的专业知识和观点。
