Reporting the methods used in public health research and practice.

ABSTRACT: The methods section of a scientific article often receives the most scrutiny from journal editors, peer reviewers, and skeptical readers because it allows them to judge the validity of the results. The methods section also facilitates critical interpretation of study activities, explains how the study avoided or corrected for bias, details how the data support the answer to the study question, justifies generalizing the findings to other populations, and facilitates comparison with past or future studies. In 2006, the Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research (EQUATOR) Programme began collecting and disseminating guidelines for reporting health research studies. In addition, guidelines for reporting public health investigations not classified as research have also been deve

SUBMITTER: Stroup DF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5798489 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature