Public Health Guidelines

Systematic Review and Evidence-based Guidelines

Campbell Collaboration

• The Campbell Collaboration is an international research network that produces systematic reviews of the effects of social interventions in Crime & Justice, Education, International Development, and Social Welfare

Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD)

• Database that contains information about health technology assessments (HTA) and economic evaluations.

Community Guide

• The Guide to Community Preventive Services is a free resource to help you choose programs and policies to improve health and prevent disease in your community. Systematic reviews are used to answer these questions:
  • Which program and policy interventions have been proven effective?
  • Are there effective interventions that are right for my community?
  • What might effective interventions cost; what is the likely return on investment?

Cochrane Library

• The Cochrane library  is a collection of six databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making, and a seventh database that provides information about Cochrane groups.

PubMed Health

• PubMed Health provides information for consumers and clinicians on prevention and treatment of diseases and conditions. PubMed Health specializes in reviews of clinical effectiveness research, with easy-to-read summaries for consumers as well as full technical reports.DARE abstracts critically appraising systematic reviews of health and social care interventions are now available in PubMed Health.