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10 Exercises:
1. How can I find the evidence
pyramid and an explanation of the
different levels of research methods?
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2. What are some effective prevention and
treatment strategies for childhood obesity
that involve physical activity?
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3. Search the Cochrane
Collaboration web site for review abstracts
on asthma. How many
reviews do you find? Select one of the
reviews and summarize the “Main Results” and “Reviewers’ Conclusions.”
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4. Examine the Bandolier
web site for information on influenza vaccines
for individuals over 65. What are the
results, based on the evidence of studies
within this particular age group?
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5. What methods improve smoking cessation
rates?
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6. Conduct a search in
PubMed on systematic reviews on the subject
of bicycle safety using the “Clinical Queries” feature. What
are some of the interventions that have
proven effective in reducing injury?
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7. Search for guidelines for community health
services in responding to SARS.
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8. Conduct a search of
the National Guideline Clearinghouse for
recommendations on non-insulin-dependent
diabetes mellitus using the “Compare” feature
to evaluate two documents.
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9. How can you find
evidence-based strategies linked to the Healthy
People 2010 objectives on reducing occupational
eye injury?
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10. How can I find evidence-based articles
on the cost effectiveness of teen pregnancy
prevention programs?
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