Meta-analysis and public policy: Opportunity for nursing impact

doi:10.1016/S0029-6554(96)80082-0

Nursing Outlook

Volume 44, Issue 6, November–December 1996, Pages 267-271

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Nurses must be prepared to use multiple and varied strategies to influence public policy so that optimal health outcomes can be achieved. Meta-analysis, a powerful research tool, is one such strategy that can be used to inform public policy.

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Meta-analysis and public policy: Opportunity for nursing impact

AORN J

Nurs Outlook

J Clin Epidemiol

Nurs Clin North Am

A health promotion/protection approach to meeting elders' health care needs through public policy and standards of care

Population-based health promotion: a new agenda for public health nurses

Can J Public Health

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Br Med J

Of babies and bathwater

Am J Epidemiol

Meta-analysis/shmeta-analysis

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Science