Tomlinson Mark, Bornstein Marc H, Marlow Marguerite, Swartz Leslie
Stellenbosch University.
Infant Ment Health J. 2014 Nov-Dec;35(6):624-9. doi: 10.1002/imhj.21462. Epub 2014 Sep 4.
The vast majority of infants are born in poor countries, but most of our knowledge about infants and children has emerged from high-income countries. In 2003, M. Tomlinson and L. Swartz conducted a survey of articles on infancy between 1996 and 2001 from major international journals, reporting that a meager 5% of articles emanated from parts of the world other than North America, Europe, or Australasia. In this article, we conducted a similar review of articles on infancy published between 2002 and 2012 to assess whether the status of cross-national research has changed in the subsequent decade. Results indicate that despite slight improvements in research output from the rest of world, only 2.3% of articles published in 11 years included data from low- and middle-income countries--where 90% of the world's infants live. These discrepancies are indicative of the progress still needed to bridge the so-called 10/90 gap (S. Saxena, G. Paraje, P. Sharan, G. Karam, & R. Sadana,) in infant mental health research. Cross-national collaboration is urgently required to ensure expansion of research production in low-resource settings.
绝大多数婴儿出生在贫穷国家，但我们对婴幼儿的了解大多来自高收入国家。2003年，M. 汤姆林森和L. 施瓦茨对1996年至2001年主要国际期刊上有关婴儿期的文章进行了调查，报告称仅有5%的文章来自北美、欧洲或澳大拉西亚以外的地区。在本文中，我们对2002年至2012年发表的有关婴儿期的文章进行了类似的综述，以评估在随后的十年中跨国研究的状况是否有所变化。结果表明，尽管世界其他地区的研究产出略有改善，但在这11年发表的文章中，只有2.3%包含来自低收入和中等收入国家的数据——而全球90%的婴儿生活在这些国家。这些差异表明，在弥合婴儿心理健康研究中所谓的10/90差距（S. 萨克塞纳、G. 帕拉热、P. 沙兰、G. 卡拉姆和R. 萨达纳）方面仍需取得进展。迫切需要开展跨国合作，以确保在资源匮乏地区扩大研究成果。
