The Cochrane Public Health Group (CPHG), formerly the Health Promotion and Public Health (HPPH) Field, aims to work with contributors to produce and publish Cochrane reviews of the effects of population-level public health interventions. Read more...
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Applying the GRADE criteria in systematic reviews in public health
We are currently testing the application of GRADE to the evidence for public health and health promotion interventions with the goal of helping our review authors to consider the GRADE criteria when assessing the evidence base in their reviews. If you are keen to be involved or you have experience in GRADE that you would like to apply in public health, please contact Belinda Burford bburford@vichealth.vic.gov.au
Complex interventions workshop
The Australian Satellite of the Cochrane EPOC Group, in collaboration with the Cochrane Public Health Group, the Cochrane Consumers and Communication Group, and the Australasian Cochrane Centre, are holding a workshop on undertaking Cochrane systematic reviews of complex interventions in Melbourne on Wednesday 9th May with an optional day for review authors to work on their review on Thursday 10th May. Further information and registration details are available: http://acc.cochrane.org/timetable-registration
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Impact Factor for Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews rises again - to 6.186.
The CDSR is now ranked in the top 10 of the 151 in the Medicine, General & Internal category
Updated review of relevance **Interventions for preventing obesity in children**
This updated review was authored by core staff of the Cochrane Public Health Group and was published on The Cochrane Library on 8 December, 2011. Read the published review here.
Rio Political Declaration on Social Determinants of Health, reaffirms the need for robust evidence to measure intervention effects on health equity and to use such information to inform policy and action across all sectors.
World Conference on Social Determinants of Health, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, October 21, 2011. Available online at bit.ly/q5anfm http://t.co/i5PE90sG
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