The ballad of financial dependency: sponsoring in public health professional societies

Razum, O., Bozorgmehr, K., Wenner, J. and Weishaar, H. (2015) The ballad of financial dependency: sponsoring in public health professional societies. European Journal of Public Health, 25(5), pp. 754-755. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckv056) (PMID:25829504)

Abstract

The European Public Health Association (EUPHA) has become one of the leading voices of public health in Europe. Its annual European Public Health Conference (EPH), jointly organized with the Association of Schools of Public Health in Europe (ASPHER), is now the main platform for direct exchange between scientists and public health practitioners. This is good. And yet there remains a constant irritant, repeatedly discussed in EUPHA boards, covered by a detailed ‘Code of Conduct’,1 and still not resolved to everybody’s satisfaction: the issue of industry sponsoring, in particular by the pharmaceutical sector. ASPHER, the World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA)2 and many national public health professional societies face similar challenges.

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• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Weishaar, Dr Heide
• Authors: Razum, O., Bozorgmehr, K., Wenner, J., and Weishaar, H.
• College/School: College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Health & Wellbeing > MRC/CSO SPHSU
• Journal Name: European Journal of Public Health
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• ISSN: 1101-1262
• ISSN (Online): 1464-360X
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• First Published: First published in European Journal of Public Health 25(5):754-755
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