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Reporting guidelines and the American Journal of Public Health's adoption of Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses.

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Kenneth R. McLeroy1, Mary E. Northridge2, Hector Balcazar2, Hector Balcazar3, Hector Balcazar4, Michael Greenberg5, Stewart Landers6 •
Texas A&M University1, New York University2, University of Texas at El Paso3, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston4, Rutgers University5, John Snow, Inc6
11 Apr 2012-American Journal of Public Health
TL;DR: American Journal of Public Health previously adopted the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials and Transparent Reporting of Evaluations With Nonrandomized Designs guidelines and recently endorsed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines.
Abstract: Widespread recognition of the need to improve the science of published research, as well as the moral and ethical reasons for adequately reporting study results, has spurred recent interest in strengthening journal research reporting through the use of reporting guidelines. Reporting guidelines also provide information for readers to judge study quality.American Journal of Public Health previously adopted the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials and Transparent Reporting of Evaluations With Nonrandomized Designs guidelines and recently endorsed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines.In adopting these guidelines, the journal aims to support authors, reviewers, and editors in reporting and evaluating systematic reviews of public health policy and practice priorities.

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ReportingGuidelinesandtheAmericanJournalofPublicHealth's AdoptionofPreferredReportingItemsforSystematic ReviewsandMeta-Analyses

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Kenneth R. McLeroy, Mary E. Northridge, Hector Balcazar, Michael Greenberg, Stewart Landers 
01 Jan 2012
TL;DR: Widespread recognition of the need to improve the science of published research, as well as the moral and ethical reasons for adequately reporting study results, has spurred recent interest in strengthening journal research reporting through the use of reporting.
Abstract: Widespread recognition of the need to improve the science of published research, as well as the moral and ethical reasons for adequately reporting study results, has spurred recent interest in strengthening journal research reporting throughtheuseofreporting