Rebecca Rees

TL;DR: Research conducted in certain countries was uniformly favorable to acupuncture; all trials originating in China, Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan were positive, as were 10 out of 11 of those published in Russia/USSR.

TL;DR: This article presented an approach to combining qualitative and quantitative research in a systematic review of interventions to promote healthy eating among children, full details of which are available in the review question was: "What is known about the barriers to, and facilitators of, healthy eating, among children aged 4-10 years?"

TL;DR: The study finds barriers to consumers' ideas influencing research agendas can largely be overcome with good leadership, purposeful outreach to consumers, investing time and effort in good communication, training and support and thereby building good working relationships and building on experience.

TL;DR: In this paper, a systematic review was conducted to examine the barriers to, and facilitators of, healthy eating among young people (11-16 years), focusing on the wider determinants of health, examining community and society-level interventions.

TL;DR: The benefits of bringing together views studies in a systematic way included gaining a greater breadth of perspectives and a deeper understanding of public health issues from the point of view of those targeted by interventions.