Ioan Stelian Bocsan

qualifications: PhD

contribution: designed the project, original concept, devised survey tool, contributed to drafts, literature review, final revision before submission

position: Head, Department of Epidemiology

Graduate (1973) of Medical School, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and of many international courses related to community health (1994 Ann Arbor, MI, USA; 1995 Utrecht, The Netherlands; 1996 University of London, UK; 2002 University of Pavia, Italy; 209,2010,2011,2012 Fondation Merrieux Veyrier du Lac, France).

Board certification: 1973: M.D., Physiology. 1986: Ph.D., Epidemiology.

Practice experience: Professor and head of the Department of Epidemiology and Primary Health Care at University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Chair, Romanian Ministry of Health National Advisory Board for Epidemiology. Director, Institute of Public Health, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. National Expert at European Commission Directorate for Research, Development and Innovation for Health.

Professional memberships: Romanian Society of Epidemiology, APHA, ADELF, IEA, ISEE, AMEE, many other national and international professional bodies and editorial boards.

Irina Brumboiu

qualifications: PhD

contribution: original concept, designed the project, devised survey tool, contributed to drafts

position: Lecturer - Department of Epidemiology

Alexandru Coman

qualifications: MD

contribution: literature review, collected data, input data, statistical analysis, wrote the first draft

position: Trainee - Department of Epidemiology

Ramona Tarba

qualifications: MD

contribution: literature review, collected data, input data, contributed to drafts

position: Trainee - Department of Epidemiology

Virginia Zanc

qualifications: PhD

contribution: collected data

position: Head - Department of Infectious Diseases

Marian Mihaiu

qualifications: PhD

contribution: collected data

position: Professor