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PBHL-S415 Applied Health Promotion Methods

Evidence Clearinghouses

Due to policy changes at the federal level, some of these databases may be offline either temporarily or permanently. Some data may be archived and available elsewhere, such as the Wayback Machine (https://web.archive.org/). See this page for tips https://libguides.ucmerced.edu/US-Federal-Data/web.

Evidence clearinghouses are collections of programs, policies, and interventions that have been reviewed, organized, and sometimes rated in terms of levels of evidence . Ratings reflect whether and to what extent the impact of a program is supported by evidence (usually collected for a systematic review). Evidence clearinghouses will also indicate which populations, health outcomes, and settings the programs were designed for.

When selecting an intervention or program, consider:

  • Population alignment: is it relevant to your population of interest?
  • Scale: was the study done locally or is it nationally representative?
  • Outcomes: a program may only be effective for the outcomes specified, and could have unintended consequences on other outcomes not measured.

Source: Research2policy.org

Try this tool to determine whether or not to start or stop a public health program:

Strategies

Programs

Policy & Law

Systematic Reviews and Guidelines

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