Research themes of family and community physicians in Brazil

Autores

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/atoz.v12i0.87497

Palavras-chave:

Family physicians, Brazil, Bibliometrics, Biomedical research, Cluster analysis, Graduate Education

Resumo

Introduction: Research capacity in primary care varies worldwide, and bibliographic databases such as MEDLINE, Scopus and Web of Science do not index most primary care research coming from Latin America. Our objective was to investigate the research themes of family and community physicians in Brazil, and to correlate the articles’ research themes with their authors’ trajectories in postgraduate education. Methods: we compiled a national list of family and community physicians, retrieved their curricula from the Lattes Platform, compiled a list of journal articles, and obtained their keywords from LILACS and MEDLINE. Treating journal articles and their keywords as the two node types in a bipartite network, we derived research themes using the dual-projection algorithm, combining the Leiden algorithm with hierarchical clustering. Results: We found two research themes to be the largest, most developed, and most central ones: human health and primary care. Authors with a master’s or PhD in collective health (public health, epidemiology, and social sciences and humanities in health) were as likely as those with no postgraduate degree to publish articles on primary care. On the other hand, authors with a postgraduate degree in medicine were more likely to publish articles on human health. Conclusions: After discussing the findings in light of previous research and methodological aspects, we conclude there’s a relative divide between primary care and clinical research, and the highlight policy implications.

Biografia do Autor

Leonardo Ferreira Fontenelle, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória, Espírito Santo

Family and community physician at the Department of Social Medicine of the Federal University of Espírito Santo, and legislative analyst in (public) health at the municipal legislative body of Vitória. Serves as a board member at the Espírito Santo Association of Family and Community Medicine (ACMFC), and associate editor at Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade. Holds a doctoral degree in epidemiology, besides being a specialist in family and community medicine.

Stephani Vogt Rossi, Prefeitura Municipal de Itapoá, Itapoá, SC

Family health physician at Itapoá

Miguel Henrique Moraes de Oliveira, Prefeitura Municipal de Ubaporanga, Ubaporanga, Minas Gerais

Family strategy physician at Ubaporanga

Diego José Brandão, Universidade Vila Velha (UVV), Vila Velha, Espírito Santo

Professor at the Vila Velha University medical school. Serves as a board member at the Espírito Santo Association of Family and Community Medicine (ACMFC). Holds a doctoral degree in preventive medicine, besides being a specialist in family and community medicine.

Thiago Dias Sarti, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória, Espírito Santo

Adjunct Professor at the Department of Social Medicine of the Federal University of Espírito Santo. Serves as co-editor-in-chief at Revista Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade and board member at the Espírito Santo Association of Family and Community Medicine (ACMFC). Holds a doctoral degree in public health, besides being a specialist in family and community medicine.

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Fontenelle, L. F., Rossi, S. V., Oliveira, M. H. M. de, Brandão, D. J., & Sarti, T. D. (2023). Research themes of family and community physicians in Brazil. AtoZ: Novas práticas Em informação E Conhecimento, 12, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.5380/atoz.v12i0.87497

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