Thursday, 12 June 2008

Evidence Based Practice

How to interpret figures in report of clinical trials
SJ Pocock, TG Travison, LM Wruck
British Medical Journal, 2008, 336(7654), pp1166-1169
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Constructing the evidence base on the social determinants of health: a guide
J Bonnefoy, A Morgan, MP Kelly, J Butt, V Bergman, P Tugwell, V Robinson, M Exworthy, J Mackenbach, J Popay, C Pope, T Narayan, L Myer, S Simpson, T Houweling, L Jadue, The Measurement and Evidence Knowledge Network (MEKN) of the World Health Organization Commission on Social Determinants of Health, November 2007
This guide sets out state of the art recommendations on how best to measure the social determinants of health and the most effective ways of constructing an evidence base which provides the basis for translating evidence into political action. Click here to read the guide.

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