ABS: Jackson, Frequency of policy recommendations in epidemiologic publications

[Gretchen Whitney]

AU Jackson, LW
   Lee, NL
   Samet, JM
TI Frequency of policy recommendations in epidemiologic
   publications
SO AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
LA English
DT Article
NR 53
SN 0090-0036
PU AMER PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOC INC
C1 Johns Hopkins Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Epidemiol, Ctr
   Epidemiol & Policy, 615 N Wolfe St, Suite 6041, Baltimore, MD
   21205 USA.
   Johns Hopkins Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Epidemiol, Ctr Epidemiol & Policy, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA.
ID HEALTH-POLICY; HELMET USE; PREVENTION; SCIENCE; DISEASE;
   TUBERCULOSIS; OUTBREAK; CANCER
AB Objectives, The purpose of this study was to determine the
   frequency and character of policy sta statements in
   epidemiologic reports. Methods, The first author followed a
   standardized protocol and reviewed a random sample of articles
   selected from the American Journal of Epidemiology., Annals of
   Epidemiology;and , and Epidemiology The:second author reviewed
   all articles with policy statements and a 10% sample without
   such statements. Results. Overall, 23.8% of the articles
   contained policy statements, Annals of Epidemiology and the
   American Journal of Epidemiology had similar frequencies of
   articles with policy statements (30% and 26.7%, respectively),
   while Epidemiology evidenced the lowest frequency (8.3%). The
   majority of policy statements (55%) pertained to public health
   practice; 27.5% involved clinical practice, and the remainder
   (17.5%) focused on corporate policies, regulatory actions, or
   undefined arenas. The frequency of policy statements differed
   according to first author's affiliation, type of publication,
   area of research, research design, and study population.
   Conclusions. Although a minority of publications included
   policy statements, the inclusion of a statement. seemed to be
   influenced by specific study characteristics.
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