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Systematic Reviews
Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of the literature that use specific methods and criteria to locate, appraise, and synthesize the evidence from research studies. The reviews uncover the strengths and weaknesses of the evidence and identify gaps in current research.United States
- PubMed Systematic Reviews (National Library of Medicine) – Provides specialized searches of the PubMed database to retrieve citations identified as systematic reviews, meta-analyses, reviews of clinical trials, evidence-based medicine, consensus development conferences, and guidelines.
International
- Centre for Reviews and Dissemination Databases (University of York, UK) – Collection of searchable databases for systematic reviews, economic evaluations, and health technology assessments from around the world.
- Cochrane Library, Abstracts (Cochrane Collaboration) – Searchable database of abstracts from the Cochrane Collaboration, an international non-profit and independent organization that produces and disseminates systematic reviews of healthcare interventions and promotes the search for evidence in the form of clinical trials and other studies of interventions. Full-text of reviews requires a paid subscription.
- EPPI (Evidence for Practice and Policy Information) Centre (Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London, UK) – Collection of searchable databases of reviews related to health promotion and intervention.
- Evidence Based Health Promotion (Victorian State Government, Department of Human Services, Australia) – Series of reviews containing current evidence and critical appraisal related to several public health topics.
- Health Evidence Bulletins Wales (Duthie Library, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, UK) – Collection of published documents outlining current clinical evidence for several health topics.
- Health-Evidence.ca (Canadian Institutes of Health Research) – Searchable collection of systematic reviews for topics in health promotion and public health interventions (in both French and English).
- Public Health Evidence Briefings (Centre for Public Health Excellence, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, UK) – Collection of detailed reports on the existing evidence available (e.g., systematic reviews and meta-analyses) for public health and health improvement, with particular focus on health inequities.