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Case Study of Public Health

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Umbrella reviews are an established method of locating, appraising, and synthesising systematic review-level evidence. Umbrella review methodology is though only just beginning to emerge as a well-used technique in public health research. This chapter therefore summarises some of the first umbrella reviews conducted in the field of public health with a thematic focus on the social determinants of health and how interventions might affect health inequalities. The chapter discusses some of the cross-cutting methodological and thematic lessons learned from this body of work and concludes by suggesting new directions for umbrella reviews within the field.

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  1. Centre for Health and Inequalities Research, Durham University, Durham, DH13LE, UK

    Clare Bambra

  2. MRC Social and Population Health Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

    Marcia Gibson

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  1. Dept of Medico-Surgical Sci, Sapienza University of Rome, Latina, Italy

    Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai

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Bambra, C., Gibson, M. (2016). Case Study of Public Health. In: Biondi-Zoccai, G. (eds) Umbrella Reviews. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25655-9_20

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