Missing and accounted for: gaps and areas of wealth in the public health review literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

High-quality review evidence is useful for informing and influencing public health policy and practice decisions. However, certain topic areas lack representation in terms of the quantity and quality of review literature available. The objectives of this paper are to identify the quantity, as well as quality, of review-level evidence available on the effectiveness of public health interventions for public health decision makers.

Methods

Searches conducted on http://www.health-evidence.ca produced an inventory of public health review literature in 21 topic areas. Gaps and areas of wealth in the review literature, as well as the proportion of reviews rated methodologically strong, moderate, or weak were identified. The top 10 topic areas of interest for registered u

SUBMITTER: Tirilis D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3229615 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature