Indepth Network: INDEPTH Workshop on Scientific Writing

INDEPTH Workshop on Scientific Writing The INDEPTH NETWORK is an international network of currently 36 field sites with continuous demographic evaluation of populations and their health in 19 developing countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Oceania. The demographic surveillance system (DSS) sites generate high quality, population-based, health and demographic data on longitudinal basis and constitute a critical alternative to the dearth of valid population- based information in much of the developing world. One of the numerous strengths of DSS sites is that they comprise multidisciplinary teams of epidemiologists, biostatisticians, demographers and social scientists, who collect, clean, maintain, and analyse empirical information that can impact on health policy and practice. The sites therefore have the requisite infrastructure for research to inform priority setting, policy and the allocation of resources. However, the scientific output from many of these sites is under-represented in international publications. This is due, at least partly, to low acceptance rates of manuscripts in top-rated journals. Even when the work itself is excellent, papers that are not well written may not receive favourable judgement. For the few sites that publish in international journals, first authors of these publications are usually collaborators from Northern institutions. This workshop will therefore be designed to support capabilities of developing-country scientists for effective dissemination of the significant body of research results coming from DSS activities through scientific journals and publications. It is being held as a response to specific demand from DSS researchers for these areas of skills buildings. The topics to be covered include: Planning the publication strategy; The Choice of Journals; The Instructions for Authors; Structure of Papers and suggested order in which to write; Title of the Paper; Authorship; Summary/Abstract; Introduction and Background; Materials and Methods; Results - Tables and Figures; Discussion; Acknowledgements; References.

Programme: Symposium

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