Murphy Neil J
Southcentral Foundation, Alaska Native Medical Center, AK, USA.
Int J Circumpolar Health. 2013 Aug 5;72. doi: 10.3402/ijch.v72i0.21608. eCollection 2013.
Evaluate the course of the International Union for Circumpolar Health (IUCH) and the Proceedings of the International Congress(s) on Circumpolar Health (ICCH) in the context of the concomitant historical events. Make recommendations for future circumpolar health research.
Medline search and historical archive search of ICCH Proceedings.
Search of all PubMed resources from 1966 concerning the circumpolar health movement. Two University of Alaska, Anchorage Archive Collections were searched: the C. E. Albrecht and Frank Pauls Archive Collections.
Fourteen sets of Proceedings manuscripts and one set of Proceedings Abstracts were evaluated. There was a trend towards consistent use of the existing journals with indexing in Index Medicus; shorter intervals between the Congress and Proceedings manuscript publication; and increased online availability of either the Table of Contents or Proceedings citations. Recent additions include online publication of full-length manuscripts and 2 instances of full peer-review evaluations of the Proceedings manuscripts. These trends in Proceedings publication are described within the course of significant events in the circumpolar health movement. During this period, the IUCH funds are at an all-time low and show little promise of increasing, unless significant alternative funds strategies are pursued.
The IUCH has matured politically over these years, but some of the same questions persist over the years. There has been a trend towards more rapid dissemination of scientific content, more analytic documentation of epidemiologic study design and trend towards wider dissemination of scientific content through the Internet. Significant progress in each of those areas is still possible and desirable. In the meantime, the IUCH should encourage alternative funding strategies by developing a foundation to support on-going expenses, for example Hildes awards; explore venues to finance Council President and At-Large members travel costs; and seek grants to fund special projects, for example special supplements in the IJCH.
结合同期历史事件，评估国际极地健康联盟（IUCH）及国际极地健康大会（ICCH）会议论文集的发展历程。为未来的极地健康研究提出建议。
对ICCH会议论文集进行医学文献数据库检索及历史档案检索。
检索1966年以来所有PubMed资源中与极地健康运动相关的内容。对阿拉斯加大学安克雷奇分校的两个档案库进行了检索：C.E.阿尔布雷希特档案库和弗兰克·保尔斯档案库。
对14套会议论文手稿和1套会议论文摘要进行了评估。呈现出以下趋势：持续使用现有被《医学索引》收录的期刊；大会与会议论文手稿发表之间的间隔缩短；会议论文目录或引用信息的在线获取增加。近期新增内容包括全文手稿的在线发表以及2次对会议论文手稿的全面同行评审评估。在极地健康运动的重大事件过程中描述了会议论文发表的这些趋势。在此期间，IUCH的资金处于历史最低水平，且除非采取重大的替代资金策略，否则几乎没有增加的希望。
这些年来，IUCH在政治上已经成熟，但多年来一些相同的问题仍然存在。出现了科学内容传播更快、流行病学研究设计的分析性文献更多以及通过互联网更广泛传播科学内容的趋势。在这些领域中的每一个都仍有可能取得重大进展且很有必要。与此同时，IUCH应鼓励采取替代资金策略，例如通过设立一个基金会来支持日常开支，如希尔德斯奖；探索为理事会主席和普通成员的差旅费提供资金的途径；并寻求资助特殊项目的拨款，例如在《国际极地健康杂志》上发表特别增刊。
