ArticleJournal of epidemiology and community health2006
Evaluating the effectiveness of public health interventions: the role and activities of the Cochrane Collaboration.
Article in Journal of epidemiology and community health, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
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Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- [Does the lack of evidence of effectiveness among international studies on interventions in prevention and health promotion have an impact on a German Act of Prevention?].Medizinische Klinik (Munich, Germany : 1983) · 2009Pooled it
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- Global, regional, and national esophageal cancer deaths and DALYs attributable to diet low in vegetables and fruits, 1990-2019: analysis for the global burden of disease study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Critique of the review of 'Water fluoridation for the prevention of dental caries' published by the Cochrane Collaboration in 2015.British dental journal · 2016Article
- What works in practice: user and provider perspectives on the acceptability, affordability, implementation, and impact of a family-based intervention for child overweight and obesity delivered at scale.BMC public health · 2014Article
- Missing and accounted for: gaps and areas of wealth in the public health review literature.BMC public health · 2011Review
- Overview of Reviews The prevention of eczema in infants and children: an overview of Cochrane and non-Cochrane reviews.Evidence-based child health : a Cochrane review journal · 2011Article
- Implementation science and urban health research.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2009Article
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
7 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Public health decision makers, funders, practitioners, and the public are increasingly interested in the evidence that underpins public health decision making. Decisions in public health cover a vast range of activities. With the ever increasing global volume of primary research, knowledge and changes in thinking and approaches, quality systematic reviews of all the available research that is relevant to a particular practice or policy decision are an efficient way to synthesise and utilise research efforts. The Cochrane Collaboration includes an organised entity that aims to increase the quality and quantity of public health systematic reviews, through a range of activities. This paper aims to provide a glossary of the terms and activities related to public health and the Cochrane Collaboration.
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