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Appendix D: Information Sources for Locating Evidence
Pages 269-276

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... ; protocols are the background, objectives, and methods of reviews in preparation.) Cochrane Purpose is to produce systematic reviews of population-level interventions, contribute to methodological Public Health developments for research synthesis of public health research, transfer knowledge and exchange initiatives, Review Group and develop strategies for building primary research and rigorous evaluations of population-level interventions (policy, programs, legislation, community interventions)
From page 270...
... premier bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences. MEDLINE contains bibliographic citations and author abstracts from more than 4,600 biomedical journals published in the United States and 70 other countries.
From page 271...
... University of Contains links to institutions that produce grey literature, such as technical reports, preprints, Maryland Libraries reprints, dissertations, theses, and research reports of all kinds. The institutions listed provide either Virtual Technical full-text reports or searchable extended abstracts of technical reports on the Internet.
From page 272...
... (BRFSS) The state-based system collects information on health risk behaviors, preventive health practices, and health care access related primarily to chronic disease and injury.
From page 273...
... International City/ http://www.icma.org/upload/ Report on Community Health and Food Access: The County Management library/2006-09/%7B5CD4101C Local Government Role Association 2803-4655-9A51 465461B3C897%7D.pdf Local Government http://www.lgc.org/freepub/docs/ Cultivating Community Gardens: The Role of Local Commission community_design/fact_sheets/ Government in Creating Healthy, Livable Neighborhoods community_gardens.pdf Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities: School and Local http://www.lgc.org/freepub/ Government Collaborations docs/community_design/fact_ sheets/Healthy_Kids_Healthy_ Communities.pdf continued  Appendix D
From page 274...
... cfm&ContentID=27724 National Association http://archive.naccho. Land Use Planning and Community Design: The Role of of County and City org/Documents/Land-use-3.pdf Local Public Health Agencies Health Officials National Association of http://www.naleo.org/downloads/ Obesity in Your Community Latino Elected Officials HealthToolKit.pdf National Association of http://www.activeliving.org/files/ Land Use Planning for Public Health: The Role of Local Local Boards of Health NALBOH_land_use_report.pdf Boards of Health in Community Design and Development National Conference of http://www.ncsl.org/default.
From page 275...
... TABLE D-5 Continued Information Source Description Website Trust for America's http://healthyamericans.org/reports/ F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies Are Failing in America Health obesity2008/Obesity2008Report.pdf U.S. Conference of http://usmayors.org/chhs/ Mayors' Guide to Fighting Childhood Obesity Mayors healthycities/documents/guide 20080326.pdf  Appendix D


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