Abstract

The scientific collaboration in networks may be developed among countries, academic institutions and among peer researchers. Once established, they contribute for knowledge dissemination and a strong structure for research in health. Several advantages are attributed to working in networks: the inclusion of a higher number of subjects in the studies; generation of stronger evidence with a higher representativeness of the population (secondary generalization and external validity); higher likelihood of articles derived from these studies to be accepted in high impact journals with a wide coverage; a higher likelihood of obtaining budgets for sponsorship; easier data collection on rare conditions; inclusions of subjects from different ethnic groups and cultures, among others. In Brazil, the Brazilian Network for Studies on Reproductive and Perinatal Health was created in 2008 with the initial purpose of developing a national network of scientific cooperation for the surveillance of severe maternal morbidity. Since the establishment of this Network, five studies were developed, some of them already finished and others almost being completed, and two new ones being implemented. Results of the activities in this Network have been very productive and with a positive impact on not only the Postgraduate Program of Obstetrics and Gynecology from the University of Campinas, its coordinating center, but also on other participating centers. A considerable number of scientific articles was published, master´s dissertations and PhD theses were presented, and post-doctorate programs were performed, including students from several areas of health, from distinct regions and from several institutions of the whole country. This represents a high social impact taking into account the relevance of the studied topics for the country. As colaborações científicas em rede podem ocorrer entre países, instituições acadêmicas e entre pares de pesquisadores e, uma vez estabelecidas, contribuem para a disseminação do conhecimento e estruturação da pesquisa em saúde. Diversas vantagens são atribuídas ao trabalho em rede como: a inclusão de maior número de participantes nos estudos; gerar evidências mais fortes e com maior representatividade da população (generalização secundária e validade externa); maior facilidade das publicações oriundas dos estudos serem aceitas em periódicos de impacto e abrangência; maior probabilidade de obtenção de verbas para financiamento; maior facilidade na coleta de dados sobre condições raras; inclusão de participantes de diferentes grupos étnicos e culturas, entre outras. No Brasil a Rede Brasileira de Estudos em Saúde Reprodutiva e Perinatal foi criada em 2008 com o objetivo inicial de desenvolver rede nacional de cooperação científica para vigilância da morbidade materna grave. Desde sua formação, cinco estudos foram desenvolvidos, alguns já encerrados e outros em fase de finalização, com outros dois em fase final de implantação. Os resultados das atividades desta Rede têm sido bastante produtivos e impactaram positivamente não apenas no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Tocoginecologia da Universidade Estadual de Campinas, seu centro coordenador, mas também o de outros centros participantes, uma vez que expressivo número de artigos científicos foi publicado, mestrados e doutorados foram defendidos e pós-doutorados finalizados, de alunos de diversas áreas da saúde, de diferentes regiões e de várias instituições de todo o país, com alto impacto social dada a relevância dos temas estudados para o país.

Highlights

  • Health sciences seek the internationalization of knowledge and scientific collaboration meaning to achieve ways to solve the challenges and health differences, looking for equity around the world[1]

  • In the early 2000 ́s the World Health Organization (WHO) organized an ambitious project aiming to establish a global network of health care facilities that provided maternal health care

  • This paper aims to present the experience of the Brazilian Network for Research in Reproductive and Perinatal Health and the positive impact in the Postgraduate Program in Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil

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INTRODUCTION

Health sciences seek the internationalization of knowledge and scientific collaboration meaning to achieve ways to solve the challenges and health differences, looking for equity around the world[1]. The scientific proposals; it makes easier to the network and its researchers to be included in the international circuit of scientific production and knowledge on the subject; and, most importantly, it allows an alternative to financial times like the FIGURE 1 - Published studies of the Brazilian Network for Research in Reproductive and Perinatal Health in accordance with the WebQualis strata present, where resources for research can be scarce These two new studies are the P5 (Pessary Plus Progesterone for Preterm birth Prevention), in which centers connected to the Network will participate making ultrasound screening of short cervix in women between and 20 weeks of gestational age and that will be the first clinical test evaluating pessary and progesterone in Brazil. This is obviously different from that situation of a researcher from a center to provide data from a few patients to pharmaceutical multicenter trials, without having participated in the design, implementation of the study, planning analysis, interpretation or writing the correspondent article

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