The challenge of external validity in policy-relevant systematic reviews: A case study from the field of substance misuse

Addiction

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 136-145

  Pearson, Mark ^a   Coomber, Ross ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental influences; Guidance development; Policy; Substance misuse in the young; Systematic review methods

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; RISK; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; POLICY MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72249109619     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02713.x     Document Type: Review

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