review studies are those researches in which the population under study consists of original articles in a defined field of human knowledge. the aim of the present review article is to overview such review studies and to determine the advantages and disadvantages of each study within the health domain. at the end of 2012 the pub med search engine was searched using “ systematic reviews ” and “ ...

Large-scale systematic reuse promises rapid development of significant systems through straightforward composition of large-scale existing assets. The realization of this promise would provide major benefits in many areas. For example, sophisticated software-engineering tools could be developed rapidly and inexpensively to deliver promising software engineering research results into practice. T...

t r s s s s t r The Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) are jointly issued and updated every 5 years by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the US Deartment of Health and Human Services (HHS). They rovide authoritative nutrition advice for people age 2 ears and older to promote health and reduce risk for ajor chronic diseases. To update the 2005 DGA (1), the SDA and HHS appointed a 1...

t g m t s c t r r i v c xcessive use of alcohol is the third-leading cause of preventable death in the nation, and it presents a public health challenge that is being approached rom many directions. The serious toll that alcoholelated injuries anddisease impose on thepopulation of the .S. led the Task Force on Community Preventive Serices (Task Force) to include reduction of excessive alcool co...

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bagaimana memberdayakan pemuda dengan menerapkan manajemen organisasi karang taruna. Manajemen terdiri dari berbagai kegiatan yang berupa perencanaan dan pengelolaan sumber daya mencapai tujuan diharapkan. Jenis penelitian digunakan dalam adalah kualitatif merupakan suatu bentuk memiliki memberikan gambaran umum diperoleh data lapangan dikumpulkan secar...

50/50 mixture of nitrous oxide (N2O) and oxygen is a afe, inexpensive, and reasonably effective labor analgeic that is available and widely used and appreciated by omen in Canada, the United Kingdom (UK), Scandiavia, Australia, and many other parts of the modern estern world, but is not even known to most women in he United States, where it is offered in only a few ospitals. I became interested...

304 Am J PrevMed 2012;42(3):304–307 ©2012Publishe n the effectiveness of two interventions to prevent regnancy and reduce the spread of HIV and other TIs among adolescents. The fındings are based on two ystematic reviews of group-based behavioral interentions for adolescents: (1) comprehensive risk reuction and (2) abstinence education. These reviews valuated the effects of the interventions on...

he Task Force on Community Preventive Ser­ vices (Task Force) chose to include prevention of breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer hrough interventions to increase screening as a topic n the Guide to Community Preventive Services (Commun uide) for several reasons. First, these cancers impose a arge health burden on the U.S. population; second, here are effective screening tests that can reduc...

ystematic study of local politics in the Russian Federation has just begun. As a result, relatively little attention has been devoted to the legislative/representative bodies elected in many Russian cities during the 1990s.1 The following study of these institutions in Novosibirsk, an old industrial city in the geographic center of the Russian Federation, is based on the author’s direct observa...