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To protect and promote individual and community health we all need access to relevant and timely biomedical and public health research. The communities that have a higher need for this information (low-income communities, health departments, developing countries), often lack the financial resources to purchase access to this wealth of published research studies. However, the vast majority of this research is funded by public dollars, yet are controlled by for-profit companies that restrict or limit access to only those who can afford to pay.
Many of us who have worked in local health departments know the frustration of conducting an investigation or responding to a public health emergency and then not having electronic access to relevant articles published in for-profit journals. Our limited budgets could only support a small number of biomedical and public health journals.
Fortunately, we can change this by supporting Open Access publishing and publishers. Here's how:
To see an international list of Open Access journals visit the Directory of Open Access Journals at http://www.doaj.org. This list is maintained by the Lund University Libraries.
As a public health and scientific community, we and our communities benefit immensely from this enterprise. This is a win-win for everyone!
For any questions please contact Tomás Aragón at aragon@berkeley.edu.
To experience Open Access firsthand click on the subject links below (opens new window) to have PubMed retrieve freely available articles on these subjects: