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Another month, another fresh batch of retraction. Twenty-Five articles were retracted by journal editors this month. Before we get to the results, I want to focus on a non-retracted article that got some press earlier this month and prompted a fair amount of pushback.
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“Should I stay or should I go? If I go, there will be trouble, And if I stay it will be double. So come on and let me know.” – The Clash For as long as I have worked in education, I’ve heard the grim statistic that half of U.S. teachers leave the profession after […]
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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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In spring of 2018, I left my quasi-academic position to start The Center for Implementation. As I began planning my time and prioritizing what I needed to do most, I realized that I had fallen behind on keeping up to date with the literature. A large part of my work involves training and supporting people […]
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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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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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Read more →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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