Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
Center for Public Health Data Analytics, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
J Korean Med Sci. 2023 Jul 31;38(30):e226. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2023.38.e226.
With the epidemiological transition, sociodemographic changes and differential lifetime experiences of women, women's health research improves knowledge of diverse health issues and the impact of policies. To explore the initiatives of women's health research in Korea, the present study examined the trends and topics of research on women's health funded by the government.
We searched all research projects on women's health funded by the government between 2012 and 2020 in Korea using the National Science & Technology Information Service database. We reviewed all the titles and abstract of the projects and examined the research trends by year. Content analysis was performed using both deductive and inductive approaches. Text network analysis and visualization by topic were conducted for keywords with a minimum of 10 occurrences in the title and abstract.
Total number and funding amount of research projects on women's health in 2020 increased by 2.4 and 2.2 times over 2012 levels, respectively. The Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety funded 20.9% of all projects. The majority of the topics (59.8%) addressed breast and gynecological cancers. Those on sexual and reproductive health accounted for 16.7%, with steep growth in the number (6.1 times) and funding (11.1 times) over 2012 levels. The topic analysis presented a more complex keyword network in 2020 than in 2012; however, the keywords frequently used in 2020 were similar to those of 2012.
Women's health research projects have been growing in number and funding, with limited diversity in topics. Diversifying the topics and focusing on issues beyond the breast and pregnancy would be needed to reflect the complete life course of women. Institutionalization of diverse communication channels with various interest groups for women's health would be needed to better understand women's health needs from a public health perspective.
随着流行病学的转变、社会人口结构的变化以及女性不同的终身经历，女性健康研究增进了对各种健康问题的认识以及对政策的影响。为了探索韩国女性健康研究的计划，本研究检查了政府资助的女性健康研究的趋势和主题。
我们使用国家科学与技术信息服务数据库，搜索了 2012 年至 2020 年期间政府资助的所有女性健康研究项目。我们审查了项目的所有标题和摘要，并按年度检查了研究趋势。使用演绎和归纳方法对主题进行内容分析。对标题和摘要中出现频率至少为 10 次的关键词进行文本网络分析和主题可视化。
2020 年女性健康研究项目的总数和资助金额分别比 2012 年增长了 2.4 倍和 2.2 倍。卫生福利部和食品药品安全部资助了所有项目的 20.9%。大多数主题（59.8%）涉及乳腺癌和妇科癌症。性健康和生殖健康占 16.7%，数量（增长 6.1 倍）和资金（增长 11.1 倍）比 2012 年都有大幅增长。主题分析显示，2020 年的关键词网络比 2012 年更加复杂；然而，2020 年常用的关键词与 2012 年相似。
女性健康研究项目在数量和资金方面都有所增加，但主题的多样性有限。需要使主题多样化，并关注超出乳房和妊娠范围的问题，以反映女性的完整生命周期。需要建立与各种利益相关者的多样化沟通渠道，以从公共卫生角度更好地了解女性的健康需求。
