Latest NEWS

• The latest impact factors (IF) have been published by Thomson ISI and The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews has an IMPACT FACTOR OF 5.653, ranked 11th out of 132 in the ISI category Medicine, General & Internal.
  Further analysis and information is available at the 2009 IF Frequently Asked Questions page on The Cochrane Library website updates.
• New protocol now available on The Cochrane Library:
  Workplace-based organisational interventions to prevent and control obesity by improving dietary intake and/or increasing physical activity
• New protocols under development with the Cochrane Public Health Group: 
  • The health and wellbeing effects of welfare to work interventions for lone parents and their children.
  • Fortification of staple foods with vitamin A for preventing vitamin A deficiency in populations.
  • Population health effects of fortification of wheat and maize flour with folic acid.
  • Knowledge translation strategies for facilitating evidence-informed public health decision making among managers and policy-makers.
    Watch this space for notification when the new protocols are available on The Cochrane Library. 

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.

The broad objectives of the CPHG are to:

1) Facilitate the production and publication of systematic reviews of relevance to comtemporary public health topics on The Cochrane Library

2) Strengthen the editorial process to ensure timely and quality production of Cochrane reviews of significant public health topics

3) Build capacity of author teams locally and internationally, to produce high quality Cochrane reviews to add to the evidence base as well as contributing to workforce skills to use and build evidence relevany to public health decision making

4) Contribute to methodological developments for complex public health systematic reviews

5) Develop/Adopt appropriate knowledge translation strategies to ensure published reviews from the CPHG have an impact on policy and practice development and continue to advocate for high quality research, evaluation and evidence, appropriate to the needs and context of public health pratice and policy making

This site provides updates of the CPHG's activities and provide opportunities for participation in the CPHG's work. 

We encourage you to read and make comment on any of the content of this website to ensure the processes, policies and products of this entity reflect the needs and concerns of all stakeholders.

The Cochrane Public Health Group acknowledges the generous ongoing support of the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth).   Established by the Victorian Parliament in 1987, VicHealth is a world leader in health promotion and is globally known for its innovation and success in social, environmental and behavioural change. It partners with a diverse array of organisations, communities and individuals to facilitate projects and programs that promote good health and wellbeing, and prevent ill health. For more information about VicHealth - click here

Link to Colloquium workshop on Ensuring relevance and building enthusiasm for Cochrane reviews: determining appropriate methods for identifying priority topics for future Cochrane reviews

Singapore Colloquium a great success!
The presentations from the plenary sessions are now online at http://www.cochrane.org/multimedia/colloquium_2009/. There are various viewing options depending on your connection speed.

Pdf files of poster presentations can be viewed at http://www.cochrane.org/colloquium/2009/virtual_posters/

Brief overview available for background information on the transition from the Cochrane Health Promotion and Public Health Field to the Cochrane Public Health Group.

FAQs about the transition process available.

2007 Exploratory meetings to advance the registration of a Cochrane Public Health Group

Please contact us at cochrane@vichealth.vic.gov.au if you would like more information