Systematic reviews in public health: old chestnuts and new challenges

Systematic reviews in public health: old chestnuts and new challenges.

a Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, England. Correspondence to Mark Petticrew (e-mail: [email protected]). The Bulletin’s editorial team has decided to encourage systematic reviews. This is an important decision and is to be welcomed. However it is possible that it will not be received positively by all. Some may fe...

Statistical and methodological challenges in cochrane public health systematic reviews: an overview

Background: The article aims to investigate the suitability of Cochrane handbook for the preparation of systematic reviews of public health importance. Methods: The information about various aspects of a systematic review was extracted from all 39 Cochrane public health systematic reviews, independently by three reviewers. This was carried out by means of a data extraction form and was examined...

Old Europe — New Public Health

Public Health Reviews

A very large private health sector exists in low-income countries. It consists of a great variety of providers and is used by a wide cross-section of the population. There are substantial concerns about the quality of care given, especially at the more informal end of the range of providers. This is particularly true for diseases of public health importance such as tuberculosis, malaria, and se...

Public Health Reviews

This new section will contain review articles that focus on a particular disease or public health policy. This month there are two public health reviews. The first, by Philippe G. Kestelyn & Emmett T. Cunningham Jr, deals with the ocular problems associated with HIV/AIDS. It is followed by a review, by John P. Whitcher, M. Srinivasan, & Madan P. Upadhyay, of the global problem presented by corn...