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The Multi-Country Multi-City Collaborative Research Network: An international research consortium investigating environment, climate, and health
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Research on the health risks of environmental factors and climate change requires epidemiological evidence on associated health risks at a global scale. Multi-center studies offer an excellent framework for this purpose, but they present various methodological and logistical problems. This contribution illustrates the experience of the Multi-Country Multi-City Collaborative Research Network, an international collaboration working on a global research program on the associations between environmental stressors, climate, and health in a multi-center setting. The article illustrates the collaborative scheme based on mutual contribution and data and method sharing, describes the collection of a huge multi-location database, summarizes published research findings and future plans, and discusses advantages and limitations. The Multi-Country Multi-City represents an example of a collaborative research framework that has greatly contributed to advance knowledge on the health impacts of climate change and other environmental factors and can be replicated to address other research questions across various research fields.
What this study adds: This is the first contribution that presents the Multi-Country Multi-City (MCC) Collaborative Research Network, detailing the origin and purpose of the collaboration and the research work undertaken so far. In addition to information on the data collection and the multi-location database gathered over the years, this contribution illustrates the study protocol and the mode of collaboration adopted by the MCC Network, based on a flexible framework that promotes data sharing and collective participation. The article also offers an overview of the publications by MCC on different research topics, as well as the methodological developments supporting these works. Finally, this article kickstarts an article collection, with a series of epidemiological works to be published in Environmental Epidemiology, featuring the latest contributions from the MCC Network on topical environmental research issues.
What this study adds: This is the first contribution that presents the Multi-Country Multi-City (MCC) Collaborative Research Network, detailing the origin and purpose of the collaboration and the research work undertaken so far. In addition to information on the data collection and the multi-location database gathered over the years, this contribution illustrates the study protocol and the mode of collaboration adopted by the MCC Network, based on a flexible framework that promotes data sharing and collective participation. The article also offers an overview of the publications by MCC on different research topics, as well as the methodological developments supporting these works. Finally, this article kickstarts an article collection, with a series of epidemiological works to be published in Environmental Epidemiology, featuring the latest contributions from the MCC Network on topical environmental research issues.
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The MCC Collaborative Research Network- Collaborators: Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Portugal (Susana das Neves Pereira da Silva, Joana Madureira).
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Keywords
Air Pollution Climate Change Environmental Epidemiology Multi-city Temperature Time Series Two-stage MCC Determinantes da Saúde e da Doença Avaliação do Risco
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Citation
Environ Epidemiol. 2024 Sep 10;8(5):e339. doi: 10.1097/EE9.0000000000000339. eCollection 2024 Oct.
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Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins