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April’s Monthly Review of Systematic Reviews

We’re in a transitional phase here at PubTrawlr as we move to get our 101 Days of Science and monthly newsletters up and running.  Part of that will include much more dynamic and interactive formatting. So, in the meanwhile, I decided to do something cheekily meta this afternoon: a review of journals focused on reviews! […]

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How Fractions Help Us See the Big Picture

My oldest daughter is a fifth-grader and is learning about fractions and percentages in her math class this year. She made a big conceptual leap from whole numbers to fractions. The lessons she is learning on comparing and interpreting fractions may prepare her to understand and appraise risks better than most adults.

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Less words, more action. Comments on Brownson et al.

A recent article is making rounds in the Twitter circles I follow: Brownson et al’s Implementation science should give higher priority to health equity. Because so much of PubTrawlr’s work is about both implementation science AND equity, let’s deconstruct what this article is saying.

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Cross-posting on health equity.

Let’s start at the beginning. Health outcomes can vary for no other reason than where people are born. And this isn’t even a “developed” vs. “developing” country distinction. In the US, zip codes can be a huge predictor of health outcomes. This has been known for a long time and a major driven force in […]

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